St Mary of the Incarnation: Mother-Mystic - Missionary

Marie of the Incarnation

On 3rd April Pope Francis declared a seventeenth century French Ursuline, Mary of the Incarnation Guyart, a saint.
Mary was canonised along with Bishop Francois de Montmorency-Laval, the first bishop of Quebec and the Jesuit Jose de Anchieta, one of the first missionaries to Brazil.
These three new saints are considered the founders of the Church in the New World.

To read more about this remarkable Ursuline go to First Woman Missionary: Marie of the Incarnation 

Feast of St Angela Merici

On this day, 27th January, 1540, Angela Merici died in a little room adjoining the Church of St Afra, in Brescia. The Church is now known as the Sanctuary of St Angela and her incorruptible body can be venerated at an altar to the right of the sanctuary. I was recently privileged to spend some days in Brescia pondering Angela's message to us. Two aspects of her spirituality in particular struck me: her freedom of spirit and flowing from it her abundant joy. So I hear Angela say to us:-

Claim your freedom and your joy.

HAPPY FEAST DAY