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Feast of St. Rose of Lima

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Tom Faranda
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The first canonized Saint of the Western Hemisphere and Patron of Peru, the Philippines, and indigent people. Brigid and Joe were in Peru at this time last year. 

The link takes you to her wiki entry –

Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order, she has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, being the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint.

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    St. Rose of Lima is Great, but one would be extremely remiss not to note that, on the Latin Rite calendar, today is also the Feast Day of the Great St. Philip Benizi (+1285+)
    See here >>> http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5432

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