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February 21

Maria Enriqueta Dominici (1829–1894)

Missionary religious

An Italian nun of the Sisters of Saint Anne, Maria Enriqueta Dominici served the sick during a cholera epidemic and was elected superior general at an early age.

Biography

For more than thirty years she consolidated and expanded the congregation, dedicated to the education of poor girls and the care of the needy. He also promoted missions in India. He ruled with confidence in Providence, strength and tenderness, even in the midst of exhausting responsibilities. His certainty that God is a good Father sustained an extraordinarily fruitful activity.

Practical advice

Faced with a responsibility that surpasses you, divide the work today, entrust part of it to another person and entrust the result to God.

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