PEACE ON EARTH

GOODWILL TOWARD ALL MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BORN AND UNBORN

Saturday, May 23, 2009

When in South Philly


Light a Candle for Saint Rita
THE PEACEMAKER SAINT

Patroness of seemingly impossible causes, almost as famous for granting graces for hopeless situations as Saint Jude, the Augustinian Fathers of Villanova dedicated the South Philadelphia Italian immigrant community to Saint Rita of Casia (Casia is in Umbria, Italy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Rita
The likes of Stallone (Rocky) and Frank Sinatra graced these parts -

Her feast day was yesterday. http://www.saintritashrine.org/ritalife.htm
She had a hell of a life----and didn't lose it. So if you are stuck - remember her- and ask the good Philadelphia fathers to say a prayer for you. They have been doing it since Columbus landed (almost)

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