Rita of Cascia - Wikipedia
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.
St. Rita of Cascia: Patron Saint of the Impossible
2019年5月19日 · May 22 is the feast day of St. Rita, an Augustinian nun from 14th-century Cascia, Italy. She is the patroness of impossible causes and hopeless circumstances because of her difficult and disappointing life. Through her trials God used her in remarkable ways.
St. Rita of Cascia: A Patron for Impossible Causes - Catholic Exchange
2024年5月22日 · Today is the feast of St. Rita of Cascia, and her intercession has seen many great and seemingly impossible miracles. Born Margherita Lotti in 1381 to aged parents who rejoiced to finally have a child after years of infertility, Rita grew up as …
Her Story - St Rita da Cascia
St Rita da Cascia (similarly to St Jude) is known around the world as being a saint of impossible causes. She is known as the patron saint of sterility, abuse victims, loneliness, marriage difficulties, parenthood, widows, the sick and wounds.
Saint Rita of Cascia
In the local dialect, her name meant “pearl," but she was known simply as Rita. Baptized in the church of Saint Augustine in Cascia, Rita became acquainted with the local Augustinian nuns of Saint Mary Magdalene Monastery and was attracted to their way of life.
Saint Rita of Cascia - My Catholic Life!
Saint Rita is known as the patron saint of impossible causes, in part, because of the difficult marriage she endured with such love. Her husband was said to have been an angry and cruel man, who was mentally, emotionally, and even physically violent toward her.
St. Rita of Cascia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
She died on May 22 at Cascia, and many miracles were reported instantly. Canonized in 1900, she is honored in Spain as La Santa de los Impossibles and elsewhere as a patron saint of hopeless causes.
Saint Rita of Cascia - Franciscan Media
2022年5月22日 · Saint Rita of Cascia was a wife, widow, and mother before becoming an Augustinian nun. She seems to have done most of her ministry within the convent, yet counseled many lay people who came to the monastery. Rita was known for her austerity and charity, along with prayerfulness.
St. Rita of Cascia, Agostinian - Vatican News
2024年5月22日 · At the age of 36, she asks to be welcomed by the Augustinian nuns of the Monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena of Cascia, but her request is rejected: the religious, perhaps, feared the entrance of Rita - a widow of a murdered man - whose presence might have jeopardized the security of their community.
Saint Rita of Cascia - uCatholic
2024年5月22日 · Saint Rita of Cascia: Endured abuse, loss of family, and illness. Became Augustinian Nun, known for stigmata, patroness of the Impossible.