St. Angela Merici Comments
When she was 56, Angela Merici said "No" to the Pope. She was aware that Clement VII was offering her a great honor and a great opportunity to serve when he asked her to take charge of a religious order of nursing sisters. But Angela knew that nursing was not what God had called her to do with her life. She had just returned from a trip to the Holy Land. On the way there she had fallen ill and become blind. Nevertheless, she insisted on ... Continue Reading
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thanx this really helped me with my religion assignment!
this site has helped me lot :)
THANK YOU!!!
this helped me a lot......................thank you jesus...btw....i really need this for my assignment more kind of a project..
Angela is someone we should all look up to!
I chose her for my confirmation saint!! She's a very cool saint!!
Thanks so much you helped me with me research this is cool :)
A truly wonderful saint I wish that I had known about her long before! Born in October I was named after the Holy Angels! I will make Saint Angela Merici my patron along with the Holy Angels, and ask her to help my students(all poor) especially the girls!
This is awesome and informative. I never knew about her until i read it now.
this is vary good info
Angela is going to be my confirmation name. Now all i have to do is do my saint project....... Luckily this site has lots of info on her! That funny picture above, about her becoming blind and then restoring her site on the same spot, that is amazing!
this site was really helpful. i loved this story.it showed me alot, i didnt even know and it helped me alot with my saint report. i liked it so much, i chose it as my confirmation name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This site helped me a lot on my saint report.
its realy helpful she was a great woman
i loved it.want to chnge my name to angel if im baptatise my self to god.lord i know u are with me and help me every way .bless me and accept my reqst to be ur daughter.love u with all my heart.be with me and my family and including terry
i loved this story i want to chnge my name to angel if im converted.lord please accept my reqst and be with me.i know u will do miracles in my life
this is my confirmation name :)
I just had a project to do for my school.And my project was to look up a saint and my saint was ST.Angela Merici!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i chose saint angela merici as my confirmation name this year. she is important to me because i want to be a teacher and she is inspiring to me. her story is very touching and inspirational. thank you, this article was great! :)
This is an awesome website!!! It has helped me with many saint reports. It also helped me choose my confirmation name. I chose St. Angela because I admire her courage and determination and I also want to be a teacher.