Luisa Piccarreta
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The Servant of God
Luisa Piccarreta, also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed saint
of the Catholic Church; a mystic and author notable for having allegedly "survived on nothing but Communion wafers for sixty-five years". (Cf. Leon J Podles, "The Church Impotent", 1999, p 133). She was born in Corato, Bari, Italy in 1865. She died at the age of 82 in 1947 and the Archbishop of Trani opened her Cause for Beatification in 1994. By the end of 2005, the process of inquiry and documentation within the Diocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie-Nazareth was completed and passed on to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints of the Vatican which opened its examination March 7, 2006. Piccarreta was thereby enrolled as a "Servant of God". The Congregation for the Causes of Saints appointed a Roman lawyer, Silvia Monica Correale as the Postulator (presenter and guide for the process) of Piccarreta's Cause for Canonization.
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Servant of God
Servant of God is a title given to individuals by various religions, but in general the phrase is used to describe a person believed to be pious in his or her faith tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates someone who is being investigated by the Church for possibly being recognized as a...
Luisa Piccarreta, also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
of the Catholic Church; a mystic and author notable for having allegedly "survived on nothing but Communion wafers for sixty-five years". (Cf. Leon J Podles, "The Church Impotent", 1999, p 133). She was born in Corato, Bari, Italy in 1865. She died at the age of 82 in 1947 and the Archbishop of Trani opened her Cause for Beatification in 1994. By the end of 2005, the process of inquiry and documentation within the Diocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie-Nazareth was completed and passed on to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints of the Vatican which opened its examination March 7, 2006. Piccarreta was thereby enrolled as a "Servant of God". The Congregation for the Causes of Saints appointed a Roman lawyer, Silvia Monica Correale as the Postulator (presenter and guide for the process) of Piccarreta's Cause for Canonization.
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- Secretary for the Cause of Beatification of Luisa Piccarreta: Official Site for the Cause of Beatification of Luisa Piccarreta. Archdiocesi Trani - Barletta - Biscelie
- Pia Associazione "Luisa Piccarreta" (Italy). Also an official site for the Cause.
- The Writings of Luisa Piccarreta
- Brief Introduction to Luisa Piccarreta
- Excerpts from BE FAITHFUL AND ATTENTIVE the Handbook for Living in the Divine Will
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