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Saturday, April 10
ST. MADDALENA DI CANOSSA (Italy, 1774-1835),Founder, Daughters of Charity and Sons of Charity
She was a descendant of Countess Matilda of Canossa, who in the late 12th century, famously brought together Pope Gregory VII
and the German King Henry IV at her castle in central Italy. Maddalena herself was born in Verona and joined the Carmelites when
she was 15. But she left them later because she thought she could carry her apostolate for the poor better if she had no restrictions.
The rich noblewoman worked to help the poor and the sick, as well as delinquent and abandoned girls. Soon, she started taking girls
into her home, then she opened a school to provide them with practical education and religious training. She left her palatial home in
1808 to dedicate herself completely to her apostolate. This led her to found the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity dedicated
especially to the educational and spiritual needs of women. She established her congregation in several cities in Italy, and then
started the Congregation of the Sons of Charity. Eventually, the Canossians dedicated themselves to missionary activity, celebrating
150 years of missionary work this year. Today, some 5,000 Canossian religious are found all over the world carrying on their founder's
mission. Mother Maddalena was canonized in 1988.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/041010.shtml
OR today.
Illustrations: Lamentation over Christ, Da Pavia, 16th-cent., Palazzo Abatelli, Palermo; and pop art based on the record cover of the Beatles' 'Abbey Road'.
Page 1 features a tribute to the leadership of Benedict XVI in 'showing the light of Christ' to the world, written by the
Archbishop of Perugia, Mons. Gualtiero Bassetti, who is a vice president of the Italian bishops' conference. The other
religious story on Page 1 is on the opening today of the Exposition of the Holy Shroud of Turin. International news:
Russia and China said to be open to cooperating in the international effort to top Iran's nuclear program; Israeli
skepticism over the prospects of re-starting dialog with the Palestinians; and World Bank study showing that 50,000
out of 639,000 babies born in 30 countries of sub-Saharan Africa in 2009 died of war-related causes. And the Beatles
are on Page 1 to mark the 40th anniversary of their break-up as a group, with two articles inside devoted to the
event, no less! [I will be a Beatles addict forever, but when the OR juxtaposes Abbey Road to the Deposition of Christ on its front page,
then it is just one more indication to me of something seriously weird in the editorial judgments being made there! Besides, I don't think
even Variety, the daily entertainment paper, even remembers that the Beatles broke up today 40 years ago.]
No events scheduled for the Holy Father today.
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