SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 3rd of November WELCOME! BLESSED ITTA, COUNTESS Blessed Itta [Itha] was born of the Counts of Kirchberg, in Suabia, not far from Ulm, in the year 1160. Having passed her youth piously, under the care of her parents, she was married, when 18 or 19 years of age, to Henry, Count of Toggenburg. SHE GOT MARRIED The young couple lived, for a considerable time, in great love and harmony, until the Count falsely accused her of unfaithfulness and, deaf to her prayers, tears and supplications, dragged her to the battlements of the castle, which stood upon a high rock, and cast her into a terrible abyss, convinced that she would be dashed to pieces. But divine Providence watched miraculously over the innocence of the holy Countess, who although precipitated from a height of more than 400 feet, remained as unharmed as if Angels had carried her. SHE THANKED ALMIGHTY GOD Recognising the miracle which the Almighty had wrought, sh...