May 23
Mary Crucified of Divine Love Gargani (1892–1973)
Founding Educator
Practical advice
Find a creative and clear way today to convey your faith to someone who often finds it difficult to understand.
Biography
Italian teacher and founder, Maria Gargani—Mary Crucified of Divine Love—united education, catechesis and a profound Eucharistic life. As a laywoman she participated in Catholic Action and taught children and adults, using creative methods to make the faith understandable. For years he maintained a fruitful spiritual correspondence with Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. After a long discernment, she founded the Apostle Sisters of the Sacred Heart, dedicated to evangelization, education and service in parishes.
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