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    From rich@1:396/4 to All on Mon Jul 8 08:54:49 2019
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    July 9th =E2=80=93 Saint Paulina do Cora=C3=A7=C3=A3o Agonizante de Jesus
    Also known as Amabile Lucia Visintainer, Pauline of the Agonizing
    Heart of Jesus, Pauline Visintainer

    Amabile Visintainer, called by God to be the foundress of the
    congregation of the sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Brazil was
    born in Trent (Vigolo Vattaro) Italy on the 16th day of December 1865.
    She was the daughter of Napoleon Visintainer and Anna Piaezer.

    When she was ten years of age she emigrated with her family to Brazil,
    South America and the family became established in the state of Santa
    Catarina, The Visintainer family along with many of their Italian
    countrymen and women established a new life in New Trent, Vigolo,
    Brazil.

    Amabile grew up as a true, loving daughter of her family. She was
    known even at a youthful age for her piety and charity. From an early
    age she spoke of giving her life to God, she had very little
    intellectual education, but a great love for the Holy Catholic Faith
    and for the suffering and poor. She had a few of her companions nurse
    the sick and abandoned. On July 12, 1890 Amabile and her companions
    decided with the advise of a missionary, Father Louse Rossi, to band
    together and live as a spiritual community. In fact it was Father
    Rossi who became the first spiritual director of the little group of
    girls who wanted to devote their lives to god by helping the infirm,
    teaching religion to the children and feeding the poor. A small house
    was purchased by the Community of New Trent and the young girls began
    a schedule of spiritual living.

    Father Rossi, a Jesuit priest, encouraged the young women to live in
    Christ and with the help of this holy priest they began to grow.
    Amabile, moved by the grace of God, dedicated her little band of women
    to the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady.

    In 1895 Father Rossi and Amabile, seeing the need for a more formal
    and secure grouping of the young women coming to them, decided to
    establish with the permission of the Church, a congregation with
    Amabile as the Superior. Bishop Jose de Camargo Barros, the bishop of
    Curitiba, sensing God's divine plan, approved the plan and forwarded
    the request to Rome.On the 7th day of December 1865, Amabile and
    companions (Virgina Nicolidi and Theresa Maoli) pronounced their
    religious vows. Amabile chose the name Sister Pauline of the Agonizing
    Heart of Jesus, Virgina, Sister Matilde of the Immaculate Conception
    and Theresa, Sister Inez of St. Joseph.

    In 1903 the growing community transferred the Mother-house to San
    Paulo, Ipiranga, where Mother Pauline was able to direct the
    establishment of five provinces in Brazil. In 1909 a new Superior
    General was elected (Mother Vincent Bottamedi) one of the sisters from
    New Trent who began in the early years with Mother Pauline. Mother
    Pauline traveled to each of her houses and knew each sister
    personally. She was greatly loved and honored as Mother Foundress. She
    worked unceasingly and constantly proclaimed to her sisters fidelity
    to the vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.

    Persevering in her holy call and resigning to God the remainder of
    life, she lived in contemplation and prayer until her 77th year when
    on July 9, 1942, God her Lord, her King, her Love, called her home to
    His Kingdom. Shortly after her death, many began to actively seek her intercession in prayer. Many favors and prayers have been fulfilled.
    Especially do we seek vocations to the sisterhood and the healing of
    the sick for whom Mother Pauline had so great a love.

    Three relics were made on her beatification. One was given to Pope
    John Paul II, one is in the convent where Mother Pauline lived, and
    one was given to Albert Visintainer and his family of Mount Carmel,
    PA, USA. It is a bone of one of her fingers. St. Pauline Visintainer's
    first class relic can be seen at St. Pauline Visintainer Center,
    Kulpmont, PA Saturdays and Sundays 12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM.

    http://www.saintpaulinecenter.org/bio.htm


    Saint Quote:
    Do not reason about afflictions and contradictions, but receive them
    with patience and sweetness, feeling that it is enough to know that
    they come from the hand of God.
    --St. Francis de Sales

    Bible Quote:
    Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness
    for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and
    sweet for bitter!=C2 (Isa 5:20)

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