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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Guided by the Acts of the Apostles

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Guided by the Acts of the Apostles

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She drew strength from the apostles by helping the sick and poor just as the apostles did when they healed the beggar and many others of their time.
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Saint Gemma Galgani
She helped the sick and visited the them and gave them material gifts and the gift of Christ.
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Saint Bernadette
She helped those who were uneducated about their faith in her community.

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Relied on Christ

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Relied on Christ

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She relied on Christ on her way to Montreal that He had chosen the right path for her. When a bishop tried to get her to join a cloister, she had the power of the Holy Spirit to tell him that she couldn't do God's work in a cloister.
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Saint Gemma Galgani
She relied on Christ because she gave her the strength to overcome her struggles and to not be tempted by the devil.
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Saint Faustina
She knew that she relied on Christ when when He called her to immediately leave and go to the convent in Warsaw. When he told this to her, she knew He was guiding her on the right path.

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After seeing a statue of the Virgin Mary that deeply toughed her, she felt called to leave everything and devote herself to the service of God.
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Saint Faustina
She started to see  visions of Jesus and she felt called to drop everything and devote herself and her life to serving God and others.
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Saint Padre Pio
He devoted himself to God at young age after mass. Later in his life his faith was strengthened with his stigmata.

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In 1658, she was given a community stable in which to start her school, she taught classes and had a boarding school for the daughters of colonists and girls from the Iroquis First Nation
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Margaret of Scotland
She invited monks into Scotland, who created a school. Children got an education that their parents never had.

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys-How did they Die

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys-How did they Die

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A young sister was very sick and dying, so Marguerite offered herself as a sacrifice of prayer. She asked the Lord to take her life instead of the young sisters. The next morning the sister was better, but Marguerite had a raging fever and died twelve days later.
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Saint Bernadette
She was also very sick and offered herself up to God during her time of death.

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She started the congregation of Notre Dame, but in 1693 she handed it over to her successor because of old age, from their she and her sisters taught and helped the poor. She is known as Mother of the Colony and she died in 1700.
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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
She started the Visitation of our Lady for those who were not accepted into other orders.

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Struggle to Overcome

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys- Struggle to Overcome

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While Marguerite and her sisters were teaching others, the bishop came to them and tried to get them to join a cloister, but they couldn't teach in a cloister, so she had to stand up to the bishop.
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Saint Catherine of Siena
She convinced the pope to move the Avignon Papacy back to Rome during a tough time in the Church.

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Marguerite Bourgeoys-       Why a Saint to Follow

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Marguerite Bourgeoys-       Why a Saint to Follow

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Even though people challenged the work she was doing and tried to stop her, she did t give up and kept doing what God had called her to do. She moved others by her teaching and love for others.
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Saint Gemma Galgani
Many people didn't think that she actually had mystical experiences, but she still trusted in God.
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Saint Rose of Lima
Her parents didn't trust that God was calling her and so her parents tried to convince her that she should get married, but Rose trusted in God

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys-Model of Virtue

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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys-Model of Virtue

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She modeled the virtues of perseverance, love, justice, faith, fortitude, diligence, hope, and cheerfulness. She modeled the virtues by never giving up and loving others just as God loves us. She helped anyone who needed help and never turned anyone away.
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Saint Agnes
She modeled perseverance and hope by never giving up on God, even when she was being punished for being a christian, she bowed her head and prayed.
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Saint Clare of Assisi
She modeled the virtues of faith, love, and hope when she trusted in God to stand up to the soldiers.

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After seeing a statue of Mary that greatly touched me, I knew my mission was to help the poor and orphaned. I worked in a hospital to help the life expectancy to go up. I taught the poor and orphaned of Canada how to survive and about God's love and about life lessons. I started the Congregation of Notre Dame and convinced the bishop to not put me and my sisters in a cloister.
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Saint Bernadette
After her visions and conversations with Mary she felt a call to religious life, but could not go because of health.
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Saint Catherine of Siena
She healed and aided many sick and dying during the plague.

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She began to build a chapel dedicated to Mary in 1655, but it did not get completed until 1678 because of many delays. It was Montreal's first stone church and she also dedicated it to Notre- Dame-de-Secours
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Saint Margaret of Scotland
She built many churches throughout Scotland, which encouraged people to live holy lives
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Saint Bernadette
She had visions of Mary and in them Mary told her to build a church to spread more Christianity.

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Marguerite was born in Troyes, France and was the sixth of twelve children. When Marguerite's mother died when she was nineteen, she had to take care of all of her siblings. In 1642, she sensed her first call to holiness. The love of God and neighbor summarizes her life.
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Saint Bernadette
She was also born in France and was one of nine kids and had to help and take care of everything around the house.
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Saint Camillus de Lellis
His mother also died when he was young and his father neglected him, so he didnot really have people to care for him.