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Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun.After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun. After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns , who later became Augustinians , where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh and for the efficacy of her prayers .
Mother Rita Barcelo y Pages (20 April 1843 - 14 May 1904) was the Spanish foundress of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation. She was the sister of Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages , who was the cofounder of the community.
Grief in any form is one of life's biggest challenges, but losing one's mom is a particularly difficult journey. These loss of mother quotes help honor the beautiful connections mothers make with ...
The Good News: Healing after loss will take time, but God ensures that the pain will not last longer than you can handle. Woman's Day/Getty Images 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
A miracle involving roses occurred to Saint Rita of Cascia. The winter before the end of her life, a cousin visited her and asked her if she desired anything from her old home at Roccaporena. Saint Rita responded by asking for a rose and a fig from the garden. It was January and her cousin did not expect to find anything due to the snowy weather.
In the fictionalized film Elizabeth (1998), Queen Mary I of England requests her cousin the Princess Elizabeth I, the retention of the Catholic Church as the state religion after her death, mentioning the "Consolations of the Blessed Virgin, (their) Holy Mother" with a Marian statue of the namesake image featured in the background.
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