Bl. Marija Petkovic Biography
Bl. Marija Petkovic Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | December 10, 1892 |
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| Country of Birth | Croatia of Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Nuns/Sisters |
| Profession | Superior General |
| Place of Work | Croatia |
| Date of Death | July 9, 1966 |
| Place of Death | Rome, Italy. |
| Feast Day | July 9 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Blessed Marija Petkovic Biography
Blessed Marija Petkovic, 6th of eleven youngsters destined to Antun Petkovic-Kovac and Maria Marinovic. Brought up in a well off family known for their philanthropy to poor people. Taught in open grade school and afterward, the School of Domestic Science kept running by the Servants of Charity. Made her First Communion in 1905 at age 13.
Daughters of Mary
She joined the Daughters of Mary in 1906, felt a genuine call to religious life, and on 21 November she made a private promise of celibacy. Leader of the 300 part Daughters of Mercy from 1909 to 1919. An individual from the Good Shepherd Association, a gathering of twenty young ladies who visited the debilitated and helped youngsters get ready for their First Communion. Her dad kicked the bucket in 1911 when Mary was 19, and she needed to help raise her more youthful kin.
Established the Society of Catholic Mothers in 1915. Driven a gathering of 200 Franciscan tertiaries in 1917, and started working in a Servants of a Charity soup kitchen. Her work drove her to turn out to be outstanding and well-cherished in the place where she grew up of Blato, Croatia, and in 1918 she guaranteed its natives that she would remain to live and support them.
Sisters of Charity
On 25 March 1919, she and her companion Marija Telenta joined the Sisters of Charity. Nonetheless, in May the predominant kicked the bucket, the Italian sisters were driven away from the nation, and Mary, Marija, and two other Croatian sisters were left to deal with the work in the territory. Mary was placed in control and mentioned that the rest of the Sisters pursue the Rule of the Third Order Franciscans. Maybe a couple as they were, in 1919 the Sisters still opened a recuperation focus, a kid care office, and a halfway house.
Death
On 25 August 1920, Mary composed the main Constitutions of another request. On 4 October 1920, it was established as the Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy, Mary taking the name Marija of the Crucified Jesus. She filled in as the Superior General of the Congregation for more than 30 years, helped discovered 46 networks of the Daughters serving in clinics, nursing homes, schools, theological colleges, and areas. Her wellbeing bombed in her later years, and she somewhat incapacitated the most recent three years of her life.
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