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Josephine Margaret Bakhita, FDCC (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة; c. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Sudanese Catholic religious sister who joined the Canossians after winning her freedom from slavery. She served in Italy for 50 years until her death in 1947.
It depicts formerly enslaved Afro-Italian nun and saint Josephine Bakhita opening a trapdoor as she frees figures that represent human-trafficking victims. The sculpture contains almost a hundred figures representing the different faces of human trafficking including sex exploitation, forced labor, debt bondage and more.
Radio Bakhita 91.0 FM – the Voice of the Church – is a media house owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, South Sudan. [1] It was established in 2006 and officially opened in Juba on 8 February 2007, the day the Church there celebrates the country's first saint, Josephine Bakhita .
The foundress of the Canossians, Magdalen of Canossa (1774–1835), was canonized a saint on 2 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Mother Josephine Bakhita of Sudan (1869–1947) was also named a Canossian saint on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
Josephine Bakhita (ca. 1869–1947) ... Anthony of St. Ann Galvão (1739–1822) (canonized on 11 May 2007) 4 May 1997. Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861–1936)
KSD-TV went on the air in St. Louis. It was the first television station in Missouri and the second located west of the Mississippi River . Died :St. Josephine Bakhita patron saint of Sudan, 78
The Napoleon movie does a great job of showcasing Josephine’s life while she was with Napoleon, but many people don’t know what happened to her upon her 1810 divorce with Napoleon after they ...
The Archdiocese of St. Louis' Office of Black Catholic Ministries remembered her at a Mass on April 10, 2024 at St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic Church. The Sister Mary Antona Ebo, FSM Centennial Committee held a celebration on April 13, 2024 at St. Alphonsus Liguori “Rock” Catholic Church, where her funeral was held. [25]