Monday, Oct. 11, 28th Week in Ordinary Time
BLESSED MARYA ANGELA TRUSZKOWSKA (Poland, 1825-1899), Franciscan Tertiary, Founder of the Felician Sisters
Born Sophia Camille Truszkowska to noble parents near Cracow, she was always sickly, but this inclined her to reflection
and prayer. At age 23, she experienced a conversion moment that led her to the religious life. With a Capuchin father as
her spiritual director, she joined the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Warsaw to help the poor, aged and homeless, taking
homeless children into her own home. She and her cousin expanded this into an institute with a school for the children and
religious instruction. Other women joined Sophia and her cousin, who became Franciscan tertiaries in 1855, at which Sophia
took the name Angela. Within two years they formed a new congregation, which came to be known as the Felician Sisters,
since they prayed at the nearby shrine of St. Felix of Cantalice. Though poor health forced her to resign as Mother Superior
at age 44, Mary Angela saw her order grow to the point where it sent missionaries to the United States to work with Polish
immigrant communities. John Paul II beatified her in Cracow in 1993. Her remains are venerated in a church in that city.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/101110.shtml
No OR today.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father attended the first working session this morning of the Special Synodal Assembly on the Middle East
where he delivered extemporaneous opening remarks.
At noon, he met with four of his recent appointees to important positions, who were consecrated archbishops
in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone:
- Mons. Joseph William Tobin, Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- Mons. Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan
- Mons. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
- Mons. Enrico Dal Covolo, S.D.B., Rector Magnificus of teh Pontifical Lateran University.
As is customary when the Pope meets newly-consecrated bishops, they were accompanied by their families.
The Holy Father has named Mons. Cesare Nosiglia as Archbishop of Turin to succeed Cardinal Severino Poletto,
who has retired upon reaching 75. Mons. Nosiglia was the Archbishop of Vicenza.
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