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Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272), also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys . Zita entered domestic service at the age of 12, and served the same family for almost 50 years.
Ellen O'Keefe was an Irish immigrant to New York City, who took up nursing. Her experience led her to open a women's shelter, and later to found a religious congregation to continue her work. St. Zita's Home for Friendless Women was established at 158 East 24th Street, New York City, in 1890.
A church at the site, dedicated to the saint Zita of Lucca, was founded by Tuscan merchants in the early 14th-century and then attached to the Dominican order. In 1583, a new larger church was erected using designs by Giuseppe Giacalone, and completed in 1603. The facade was not completed until 1781 by Nicolò Peralta.
St. Zita's Home for Friendless Women - Opened in 1890 and staffed by the Sisters of St. Zita, moved in 2002 to Monsey, New York, where it became the St. Zita Villa. Villa of Our Lady of Lourdes - Run by Holy Eucharist Church and staffed by the Sisters of Mercy.
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Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Charles I, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. She was also the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles.
Her grandfather, Charles I, was Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004, and is known in the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria. [7] Her grandmother, Zita, was named a Servant of God in 2009. [8] After moving to Chicago in 2008, Maria-Anna became a parishioner at St. John Cantius Church. [9]
The Society of Saint Zita (Lithuanian: Lietuvių katalikių tarnaičių šv. Zitos draugija) was a Lithuanian Catholic professional society of female servants and other workers active from 1905 to 1940. It was one of the first organizations of Lithuanian women. Its members were known as zitietės. [1]