In honor of Nurses Week, I present just one of the patron saints of Nurses (there are others). St. Catherine of Siena, pray for all of the Nurses who do such important work!Lived from 1347 to 1380
Hometown: Siena, Italy
Feast Day: April 29th
Catherine was born as the youngest of a very large family and as a child she was very religious and very joyful. She consecrated herself to Jesus when she was 7 years old and at the age of 18 she became a Dominican sister. She often had visions of Jesus, Mary, and the saints and had conversations with them. After some years of living in seclusion in a cell, she did ministry, loving especially to work in the hospitals treating people with the most terrible diseases. She also began to attract followers, and wrote letters to those followers. Her letters eventually expanded to the papacy and princes, advising them on issues of both church and state. The end of her life she spent in Rome, pleading for unity of the Church during the great Schism and that Urban VI should be pope. For more information:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03447a.htm
St. Catherine, thank you for showing us how to combine love for Jesus and for the people you serve. May we learn from you a great love for what is right and improving the life of people around us. St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!
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