Caterina Volpicelli

Caterina Volpicelli ( born January 21, 1839 in Naples, † December 28, 1894 there ), was an Italian nun and founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Caterina Volpicelli (it.: Ancelle del Sacro Cuore di Caterina Volpicelli ). She was canonized by the Catholic Church.

History

Her family belonged to the upper middle class in Naples. After her contemplative life at the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament (it.: Adoratrici del Holy Sacrament ) not zusprach, she took part in the Apostleship of Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Apostleship of Prayer was their spiritual life mission statement. By P. Henri Ramière, the major sponsors of this Apostleship as editor of the monthly magazine Messager du Cœur de Jésus - Bulletin mensuel de L' apostolate de la Prière ( dt: Messenger of the Sacred Heart - Monthly newsletter of the Apostleship of Prayer ), they made ​​contact with the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart, founded by Louise Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance. However, it opened no branch of the French Institute, but was based on the advice of the Cardinal Archbishop of Naples, Sisto Riario Sforza, in 1874, the Institute Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and on March 3, 1875 novitiate. On 20 June 1888, the Congregation received a Decretum Laudis. The definitive approval by the Holy See took place on 9 August 1902.

Catherina Volpicelli was beatified on April 29, 2001 Pope John Paul II. On April 26, 2009, she was beatified by Benedict XVI. canonized. Your Memorial Day in the liturgy is December 28.