Black History Month- St Alphonsa

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Name - St Alphonsa

Born – 19th August 1910

Died – 28th July 1946 (aged 35)

Veneration – Catholic Church

Beatified – 8th February 1986

Canonised – 12th October 2008

Feast – 28th July

Patronage – Against illness, diseases related to feet, Cherupusha Mission League, India.


Born into a wealthy family St Alphonsa lost her mother at an early age. Her aunt raised her. Rejecting marriage she chose to join a convent she took the name Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception in honour of St. Alphonsus Ligouri, whose feast day was on the day she received her veil. She spent her religious life as a teacher. Due to severe injuries in early life, which left her disabled, she suffered from ill health and died at the age of 35.



Links -
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19860208_stadio-kattayam.html

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/2008/ns_lit_doc_20081012_alfonsa_en.html

http://alphonsa.net/

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