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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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Prayer
"Lord Jesus, your word is power and life. May I never doubt your love
and mercy, and the power of your word that sets us free, and brings
healing and restoration to body, mind, heart, and spirit."
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