ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of November WELCOME! 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 SEV...