Fiorina Cecchin
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Fiorina Cecchin (3 April 1877 – 13 November 1925) –
The beatification process commenced in Turin in 2014 and she became titled as a Servant of God. Cecchin was beatified on 5 November 2022 in Meru after a miracle attributed to her from 2013 received papal approval.[2][4][1]
Life
Fiorina Cecchin was born on 3 April 1877 in Cittadella in the Padua province as the fifth of eight children born to Francesco Cecchin and Antonia Geremia.[4][1] Her eldest two siblings both died as infants.
Cecchin attempted to join the Suore di Santa Dorotea in Vicenza but was rejected on the basis of her fragile health. However, her parish priest and spiritual director provided her with assistance and secured her a place in the Sisters of Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo at their house in Bigolino in Treviso when she was nineteen. On 27 August 1896, Cecchin began her period as a postulant at the Little House of Divine Providence in Turin (she was the 139th postulant that year) and then commenced her novitiate period on 2 October 1897 (taking the habit on 3 October and the religious name "Maria Carola") before she made her solemn religious profession on 6 January 1899.[2][3] Following her profession, she was appointed as a cook first at the boarding school that the order managed at Giaveno and then at the motherhouse in Turin, however, she longed to join the missions in Africa as it was a longstanding ambition that she held, indeed, submitting a formal request to her superiors to enter the missions on 19 March 1904.[4]
In 1905, she received her wish when was dispatched to
Cecchin died on board the steamship Porto Alessandretta on 13 November 1925 in the Red Sea between Massawa and Suez. Her remains were never interred because, due to hygiene regulations at that time, her remains were wrapped in a simple white sheet and buried at sea after a hasty funeral could be organized.[2][3][1]
Beatification
The beatification process launched on 28 February 2013 after the
The postulation (the officials that manage the cause) lodged the official "
The current postulator for this cause is Sr. Antonietta Bosetti S.S.G.B.C.[2]
During the Wednesday General Audience on 9th November 2022, Pope Francis asked the audience to give a round of applause for the new Blessed Maria Carola, noting that her example as a "wise and good woman, sustains many who work hard in spreading the reign of God."
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Blessed Fiorina Cecchin". Catholic Saints. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Archived from the originalon 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Biografia di Suor Maria Carola". Sisters of Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Venerabile Maria Carola (Fiorina) Cecchin". Santi e Beati. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links
- Hagiography Circle
- Congregation for the Causes of Saints Archived 2022-02-09 at the Wayback Machine