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Beata Ma. Teresa Fasce. by irapuato 2.05.2012 Beata Teresa FasceMore
Beata Ma. Teresa Fasce.
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BL. MARIA TERESA FASCE was born in Torriglia, Genoa, Italy on 27 December 1881. She entered the monastery of St Rita in Cascia in 1906. On Christmas Eve she was clothed in the Augustinian habit and the following year she made her vows. She became novice mistress in 1914 and vicar from 1917-20. From 1920 until her death, she was constantly re-elected abbess. The works she founded are a living and …More
BL. MARIA TERESA FASCE was born in Torriglia, Genoa, Italy on 27 December 1881. She entered the monastery of St Rita in Cascia in 1906. On Christmas Eve she was clothed in the Augustinian habit and the following year she made her vows. She became novice mistress in 1914 and vicar from 1917-20. From 1920 until her death, she was constantly re-elected abbess. The works she founded are a living and radiant witness to her activity as superior, especially the church of St Rita and the spread of devotion to her all over the world.
The little chapel where the saint's body had been preserved was almost unknown when Mother Maria entered the monastery. Today the basilica is a centre for thousands of pilgrims who follow St Rita's life through the pamphlet, Dalle Api alle Rose, which Mother Maria started in 1923. Through St Rita, many are brought closer to God. This was precisely the Mother's dream. In a letter in 1943, prior to the end of the Second World War, Mother Maria Teresa prophetically wrote: "Let us hope that the Lord will quickly grant us the grace of a peaceful end, and Cascia will see an infinite number of persons indebted for favours received". Due to her greatness of heart, orphan girls were taken in; today, in a sizeable number, they live in the modern St Rita's "Hive", next to the church. Around the monastery other important institutions came into being: the Augustinian seminary, St Rita hospital, the retreat house. Mother Maria Teresa's love and suffering were and are her vital sap. Her frail health was a long, slow calvary for her, but her spirit sustained her to the end. "I am leaving this world", she wrote, "with faith, hope and love! I hope to find you there ... where God reigns and where we will live for ever". She died on 18 January 1947. Her remains rest in the crypt, next to the saint she loved so dearly.
www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/bios97.htm