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She was born in Lima, Peru, in 1586. As
a girl she took a vow of virginity and began to live a life of extreme
penance and mortification. She excelled in needlework and used this skill
to help support her family, which was poor. A beautiful girl, she
deliberately cut her hair and tried in various ways to hide her beauty so
that she would not be sought in marriage. In 1606 she became a Dominican
tertiary and for the remainder of her life followed a program of rigorous
penance and of prayer. She ate very little, helped the poor and was
granted the grace of mystical union with God. She died in 1617 at the age
of 31. She was canonized in 1667, the first saint from the Americas to be
canonized.
She was a lovely saint and has been a gracious patroness of this parish. We have no way of knowing the great graces she has obtained by her intercession for this parish, certainly one of the first in this country to be placed under her patronage. But we owe a great deal to her; and her name, Saint Rose, is one of the most familiar and dearest names in our lives. |
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