Maria Alfonsina Ghattas

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Marie Alphonsine Ghattas

Maria Alfonsina Ghattas (born October 4, 1843 as Soultaneh Mariam Danil Ghattas in Jerusalem , † March 25, 1927 in Ein Karem near Jerusalem) was a Palestinian religious sister and mystic . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Soultaneh Mariam Danil Ghattas joined the French community of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition at the age of 14 and took the name Maria Alfonsina. In 1880, following a vision , she founded a community for young Arab women called the Rosary Sisters with the aim of religious education and literacy. To date it is the only congregation founded in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem . The community exists in eight countries in the Middle East and has around 260 sisters.

Beatification and Canonization

Maria Alfonsina Ghattas was beatified by the Catholic Church on November 22, 2009 in a service presided over by Archbishop Angelo Amato , Prefect of the Congregation for Canonization , in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth . It was the first beatification by the Roman Catholic Church to take place in the Holy Land . On May 17, 2015, she was canonized by Pope Francis . Her feast day is March 25th .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Custodia Terræ Sanctae : Beatification of Sr. Marie Alphonsine , accessed on April 2, 2015
  2. ^ Biographical data from the German edition of L'Osservatore Romano from November 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints : Entry on November 21, 2009 , accessed on May 17, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Ghattas, Maria Alfonsina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Danil Ghattas, Soultaneh Mariam; Danil Ghattas, Marie-Alphonsine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palestinian religious sister and mystic
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerusalem
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1927
Place of death A karem