Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the religious life, she failed to win entry into the convent at the advice of her spiritual director, decided to launch her own congregation. On January 27, 1872, at Barbastro, Spain, she began the Little Sisters of the Poor, called the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Age. Considerable zeal, she had founded by the time of death more than fifty houses for her congregation. Beatified in 1958, she was canonized in 1974 by Pope VI.
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i love st.Teresa of Jesus.
francesco | 10/25/2009
Not sure if there are two Congregations named Little Sisters of the Poor. The one I am familiar with since sixth grade here in the States(am now 73) was founded in France by Jeanne Jugan (religious name: Sr. Marie de la Croix or in English Sr. Mary of the Cross).
Diana J E. | 8/26/2009
Bless our new bishop - W.Francis Malooly ("Bishop Fran") and our retired bishop, Micheal Salterelli.
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