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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 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 [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
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.
Some say an alternate version of the last prayer: I have sinned immeasurably; Lord have mercy and forgive me, a sinner. (Bow.) Then the Axion Estin is said, followed by: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. (Bow.) Now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. (Bow.) Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Lord, bless (Bow.)
Simon’s main work is a Gospel commentary comprising fifteen books, De gestis Domini salvatoris, which he composed between 1338 and 1347 at the urging of Tommaso Corsini in Rome.
Dino Cinel (1941-2018) was an Italian-American historian, priest and a Distinguished Professor of Italian-American Studies at College of Staten Island. [1] He is known for evading prosecution and conviction of his self-made child sexual abuse material that he filmed and created at St. Rita's Parish in New Orleans while living there due to his ties to Harry Connick Sr., who was a St. Rita's ...
On January 11, 1904, Father Bernabe Jimenez, the then spiritual director of the Filipino sisters, wrote Mother Consuelo informing her that the apostolic delegate, who had received petitions from the Filipino sisters in Manila for her and for Mother Rita’s return, had approved the petitions.
The Sisters of Saint Rita are a Roman Catholic religious institute. They were founded in 1911 by Father Hugolinus Dach, an Augustinian priest in Würzburg , Germany. Originally developed as a lay group to care for families, in 1917 the Sisters took the habit, and started to say the daily Marian office.