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Saint of the Day for January 30: Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Saint of the Day for January 30: Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska

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Image: Mother Angela | Felician Sisters of North America | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Franciscan Media, Jan. 30, 2021

Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska’s Story – (May 16, 1825 – October 10, 1899)

Today we honor a woman who submitted to God’s will throughout her life—a life filled with pain and suffering.

Born in 1825 in central Poland and baptized Sophia, she contracted tuberculosis as a young girl. The forced period of convalescence gave her ample time for reflection. Sophia felt called to serve God by working with the poor, including street children and the elderly homeless in Warsaw’s slums. In time, her cousin joined her in the work.

In 1855, the two women made private vows and consecrated themselves to the Blessed Mother. New followers joined them. Within two years, they formed a new congregation, which came to be known as the Felician Sisters. As their numbers grew, so did their work, and so did the pressures on Mother Angela (the new name Sophia took in religious life).

Mother Angela served as superior for many years until ill health forced her to resign at the age of 44. She watched the order grow and expand, including missions to the United States among the sons and daughters of Polish immigrants.

Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1993. Her Liturgical Feast Day is October 10.


Reflection

Like Saints Francis of Assisi and Ignatius of Antioch, Blessed Mary Angela experienced a conversion while convalescing from an illness. The Lord can use sickness as well as other situations to speak to the heart of an individual. This does not imply that God caused the illness; just that he used the opportunity to speak to Blessed Angela’s heart.

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