Diocese of Leeds Safeguarding Saints' Days
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Safeguarding Saints’ Days: St Rita
St Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) became an Augustinian nun after being widowed. She had previously endured 18 years of marriage to a rich, but quick-tempered and violent husband. She prayed constantly for her husband to experience a change of heart - and he did. When he was later killed in a 'vendetta' or 'honour-feud', she […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Maria Goretti
Today is the Feast Day of St Maria Goretti. In 1902, Maria was just 11 years old when she was killed whilst resisting a rapist. Maria’s horrific story of suffering from the last century highlights the continuing importance of today’s commitment to Safeguarding in the Catholic Church to combat all forms of abuse – not only […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Monica
St Monica is one of our 'Safeguarding Saints': she was a Christian, married to an abusive pagan husband. One of her three children was St Augustine of Hippo: a great Saint and Doctor of the Church. St Monica prayed that her violent husband would repent before he died - and he did! St Monica is […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Nicholas
Upon the death of his rich parents, St Nicholas is said to have distributed their wealth to the poor, which may in part be the origin of his role as the gift-giver, 'Santa Claus' - but two other stories in particular about St Nicholas' generosity and kindness explain why, amongst his many other patronages, St […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Josephine Bakhita
As the Patron Saint of all Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, St Josephine Bakhita (Feast Day 8 February) was kidnapped from her home in Sudan aged just nine and sold into slavery. She is one of our 'Safeguarding Saints' - and this is a prayer for her intercession to help us […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Days: St Rita
St Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) became an Augustinian nun after being widowed. She had previously endured 18 years of marriage to a rich, but quick-tempered and violent husband. She prayed constantly for her husband to experience a change of heart - and he did. When he was later killed in a 'vendetta' or 'honour-feud', she […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Maria Goretti
Today is the Feast Day of St Maria Goretti. In 1902, Maria was just 11 years old when she was killed whilst resisting a rapist. Maria’s horrific story of suffering from the last century highlights the continuing importance of today’s commitment to Safeguarding in the Catholic Church to combat all forms of abuse – not only […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Monica
St Monica is one of our 'Safeguarding Saints': she was a Christian, married to an abusive pagan husband. One of her three children was St Augustine of Hippo: a great Saint and Doctor of the Church. St Monica prayed that her violent husband would repent before he died - and he did! St Monica is […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Nicholas
Upon the death of his rich parents, St Nicholas is said to have distributed their wealth to the poor, which may in part be the origin of his role as the gift-giver, 'Santa Claus' - but two other stories in particular about St Nicholas' generosity and kindness explain why, amongst his many other patronages, St […]
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Safeguarding Saints’ Day: St Josephine Bakhita
As the Patron Saint of all Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, St Josephine Bakhita (Feast Day 8 February) was kidnapped from her home in Sudan aged just nine and sold into slavery. She is one of our 'Safeguarding Saints' - and this is a prayer for her intercession to help us […]
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