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SAINT FEAST DAY 22 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day May 22 Saint Rita, Widow Alexander VII., Pope Blessed Andrew of Modena Saint Anthony, Bishop of Meaux Saint Atto, Bishop of Pistoia Saint Aygulph, Archbishop of Bourges Saint Basiliscus, Bishop and Martyr Saint Bobo, Confessor Saint Conall, Abbot Blessed Elizabeth of Mortari Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Como Everhard, Count of Alternach Saint Fulgentius, Bishop of Otricoli Saint Fulk, Confessor Saint Goswin, Child Martyr Saint Helena of Auxerre, Virgin Saint Humility of Faenza Saint Ivo of Kermartin, Confessor Blessed John Forest, Priest and Martyr John Ignatius Varela, Founder Leonora, Queen of Sicily Saint Marcian, Bishop of Ravenna Saint Mark, Hermit Norlyla, Bishop Saint Quiteria, Virgin and Martyr Blessed Robert Gaguin Saint Romanus of Subiaco Saint Ronan, Bishop and Confessor Sicardus, Priest and Religious Saints Castus and Emilius, Martyrs Saint Columbina and Companions, Martyrs of Portugal...

SAINT FEAST DAY 22 MAY: ST RITA

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 22 May WELCOME! SAINT RITA OF CASCIA, WIDOW ➡️ Saint Rita and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Rita Lotti was born to elderly parents near Cascia, in the Italian region of Umbria, around 1381. She wanted to join the convent and become a nun, but instead obeyed her parents and got married. Her marriage was a difficult one and her husband was eventually killed in a vendetta.  A PEACEMAKER When her sons planned to avenge their father, Rita prayed that they wouldn’t commit murder, even if it meant they die first. Both of them died from illness soon afterwards. Rita then tried to enter the convent, but the community was reluctant to take her. She did not give up, and waited for God to make it possible. In the meantime, she brokered peace between her husband’s family and that of his murderer, thus ending the vendetta. Finally, she was accepted into the convent. THE WOUND ON HER FOREHEAD One day, when she was praying for a share in Chr...