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BL. MARIA FORTUNATA VITI - 20 NOVEMBER


ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 20th of November 

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BLESSED MARIA FORTUNATA VITI, VIRGIN 

Anna Felicia Viti was born in Veroli, a comune in Italy's Province of Frosinone, on February 10, 1827. Her father was Luigi Viti, a landowner who was a gambling addict and a heavy drinker, and her mother Anna, née Bono, died when Maria was fourteen years old. 

The third eldest of nine children, Maria was saddled with the responsibility of raising the other children upon the death of her mother. In order to support her family, she worked as a housekeeper.

SHE SUPPORTED HER FATHER AND SIBLINGS

Her father's alcoholism grew worse, and so Maria's employment constituted the majority of the family's income. For a while, she was wooed by a young man from Alatri, but she decided to enter religious life instead.

Maria joined the Benedictines at the Monastery of San Maria de' Franconi in Veroli on March 21, 1851, at the age of 24.

SHE SPENT MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS IN THE ORDER

After her religious profession, she took the name Maria Fortunata. Though she spent more than seventy years in the Order, she never progressed beyond the office of housekeeper: she served the monastery by spinning, sewing, washing, and mending clothing. Sr Maria remained illiterate her entire life, but she had great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

SHE HAD A GREAT DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Sr Maria died on November 20, 1922 in Veroli, at the age of 95, of natural causes. 

She was beatified on October 8, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. Her feast is November 20. 

Patronage: Against temptation; impoverishment; loss of parents; mental illness. 

Source: Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fortunata_Viti

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Blessed Maria Fortunata may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.


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