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Bl. Laura Vicuna, Jan. 22


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Laura was born in Chile in 1891. Her father was a soldier and died when she was young. A widow, her mother moved to Argentina and settled down in a boardinghouse owned by Manuel Mora. When Laura was eight, she went to boarding school with the Salesian Sisters and decided that she would become one of them. But in 1901, she got sick. She got sicker and sicker until in 1904, Manuel got drunk and ordered Laura to return home. Distraught, she ran away, but she was caught and beaten! She died of her wounds a week later, on January 22, 1904. She is the patron of abuse victims.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24)
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  1. Melissa H-KJanuary 23, 2020 at 4:50 AM

    Wow! Thanks for telling us about her!

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    1. RosieJanuary 29, 2020 at 6:36 AM

      To be honest, I didn't even know about her until I read that book, Lives of the Saints II. - John Paul

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