We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Date: Friday, August 9, 2002
Time: All Day

Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family at Breslau on October
12,1891. Through her passionate study of philosophy she searched
after the truth and found it in reading the autobiography of
Saint Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptized a Catholic and
in 1933 she entered the Carmel of Cologne where she took the
name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was gassed and cremated
at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942 during the Nazi persecution and
died a martyr for the Christian faith after having offered her
holocaust for the people of Israel. A woman of singular
intelligence and learning, she left behind a body of writing
notable for its doctrinal richness and profound spirituality.
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II at Cologne on May 1,
1987, and Canonized on October 11, 1998.

(Divine Office: From the Common of Martyrs).

God our Father,
You give us joy each year
in honoring the memory of St. Benedicta of the Cross.
May her prayers be a source of help for us,
and may her example of courage and chastity be our inspiration.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.