ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 6th of August WELCOME! SAINT FRANCESCA RUBATTO, VIRGIN Saint Francesca Rubatto was born in 1844 at Carmagnola, Turin, Italy. St Francesca lost her father at the age of four and in her teens she received an offer of marriage from a wealthy man. However, Saint Francesca turned the offer of marriage down and decided to make a vow of virginity instead. Her mother died when St Francesca was 19 years old. Saint Francesca decided to visit the various parishes in the city of Turin, teaching catechism to the children, visiting the sick in hospital and helped to care for the poor and neglected. SHE HELPED CARE FOR THE POOR AND NEGLECTED St Francesca went to Loano, a seaside resort, to pray about what her next step in life should be. One morning, after Mass, she heard an injured labourer moaning and she discovered that a stone had fallen from a building that was being repaired and that it had hit him on the head. Saint Francesc...