The Poor Clares, a contemplative order dedicated to adoration of Our Directed by a local monsignor, Rita joined "When I knelt I just knew it, I just knew it. During one of her sojourns to St.Īnthony's, kneeling before Our Lady of Sorrows, the impossible She started praying the stations of the cross at her localĬhurch, and was miraculously healed. Rita developed a severe intestinal ailment and couldn't get medicalĬare. Though two strong hands had lifted her to safety. When she narrowly missed being run down by a truck. Not regular church goers, yet they were fervent in their Catholic faithĪnd belief in God's providence. She would remark "I worked hard for those Fs." She and her mother were Learned responsibility at a young age, helping her mother run theīusiness, and the hard work took a toll on her school grades. Ostrocism for the divorce, and young Rita had very few friends. Rat-infested apartment and barely making ends meet. They struggled to run a dry-cleaning business, living in a Very young, and her mother struggled with chronic depression and Her father abondoned the family when she was Mother Angelica was born Rita Antionette Rizzo in Canton, Ohio, in 1923Īs the only child of John and Mae Rizzo.
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