SAINTS JANUARY 04
Bl. Thomas Plumtree, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was offered his freedom if he abjured the faith and he refused. He was hanged in Durham Castle. Feastday January 4
ST. ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY SETON, FOUNDRESS, SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. JOSEPH'S, A Protestant New York socialite and mother of five who became a Catholic religious sister, she founded the first community of women religious in the United States. A widow with 5 children, St. Elizabeth was a convert to Catholicism from Episcopalianism, who founded the first religious Congregation for women in the country. She dedicated herself to the service of the poor and promoted the nascent parochial school movement. Her feast day is celebrated on January 4.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/04/st--elizabeth-ann-bayley-seton--foundress--sisters-of-charity-of.html
ST. ANGELA OF FOLIGNO, FRANCISCAN, She is one of the greatest mystics in the history of the Church whose spirituality inspired giants of faith such as Teresa of Avila and Elizabeth of the Trinity. Saint Angela of Foligno, whose memory recurs on January 4, was canonized by Pope Francis in 2013.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/04/st--angela-of-foligno--franciscan.html
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