By Sarah Levesque (Rated G)
Giulia Salzano was born on October 13, 1846, in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Italy. Her father, Diego Salzano, died when Giulia was only four years old, and she was taken in by the Sisters of Charity in the Royal Orphanage of Saint Nicola La Strada, where she stayed until she was fifteen years old. She earned her teaching certificate and began to work in Casoria, Naples. Giulia was devoted to teaching the faith, particularly spreading the devotion to Jesus’ Sacred Heart, and devotion to the Virgin Mary. To further religious education, in 1905, at age 59, she founded a religious order – Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart. To her sisters she said, “The Sister catechist must be ready, at every moment, to instruct the little ones and the uneducated. She must not count the sacrifices such a ministry demands, indeed she should desire to die while doing it, if this be God’s will.”
Giulia Salzano or, as she was known, Donna Giulietta, died on May 17, 1929. Her cause for canonization was officially begun in 1937. She was canonized on October 17, 2010, and her feast is celebrated on the anniversary of her death.
May we, like St. Giulia Salzano, always be dedicated to teaching others about Jesus.
Source: vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20030427_salzano_en.html
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