Subj : February 26th - Saint Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz
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From : rich
Date : Tue Feb 25 2020 08:12:33

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

February 26th - Saint Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz

Saint Paula grew up in a large and pious family in a Spanish fishing
village. When Paula's father died she was only 10 years old. She
helped her mother to raise the family, working as a lace-maker and
seamstress, and expended herself to help the other children of the
parish as well. Paula pursued the vocation of a single lay woman,
privately devoted to God, for many years of her adult life. At the age
of thirty, with the help of a friend, she opened a school for girls in
Gerona, Spain. Her ideal was to provide not only a good education but
a strong moral foundation as well. The school prospered, and she found
herself able to found a women's college in 1842 and another school in
1846. She then entered religious life by founding the Daughters of
Mary (Pious School Sisters) and taking at that time the name Paula of
Saint Joseph of Calasanz. The religious congregation was to lead and
staff the schools of her founding.

St Paula had a vision of hope and love for the children she served,
and led her daughters forward under the motto =E2=80=9CPiety and Letters" t=
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slogan of St Joseph of Calasanz. Her vision of hope and possibility
for women and all children is as vibrant and important today as it was
when she first founded her congregation. Today there are more than 800
Sisters of the Pious Schools, teaching on four continents. The 112
communities of the order educate over 30,000 students, in 19 nations.


Saint Quote:
In all our thoughts and actions we ought to remember the presence of
God, and account all lost in which we think not of Him.
-- St. Bernard

Bible Quote
And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that
thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my
servant shall be healed. For I also am a man subject to authority,
having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to
another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth
it. And Jesus hearing this, marveled; and said to them that followed
him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
(Matt 8:8-10) DRB


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Pious recommendation to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

Most holy Virgin, Mother of the incarnate Word, treasure-house of
grace and refuge of us wretched sinners, with lively faith we have
recourse to thy motherly love, and ask of thee the grace of ever doing
God's will and thine. In thy most holy hands we place our hearts, and
of thee we ask health of body and soul; and, as we have the sure hope
that thou, our most loving mother, wilt hear us, we say to thee with
lively faith, Hail Mary.... (three times)

Let us pray: Defend, we beseech Thee O Lord! by the intercession of
the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, Thy servants from all infirmity; and
mercifully deign to guard them, prostate in the sincerity of their
hearts before Thee, against the snares of the enemy. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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