St. Catherine of Sweden
St. Catherine of Sweden
SAINT CATHERINE OF SWEDEN Virgin, c.1330-1381 This saint is the daughter of an even more famous woman-Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden. Catherine, who was born about 1330, was a married woman who, with her husband, took a vow of continence. She went to Rome in 1348, where her mother had gone after the death of Catherine's father. Catherine's husband died after she had been in Rome a short time, and for the next twenty-five years the two women used that city as a base for pilgrimages to a variety of places, including Jerusalem. When not on pilgrimage, they spent their days in prayer and meditation and in working with the poor and instructing them in religion. This seemingly quiet life was not without perils and adventures. Dissolute young lords repeatedly sought to seduce the Swedish princess, but God's providence unfailingly thwarted their efforts. After the trip to Jerusalem, Bridget died, and Catherine took her mother's body back to Sweden, burying it at Vadstena, in the convent of the Order of the Holy Savior, which Bridget had founded. Catherine became superior of the order and died on March 24, 1381, mourned like her mother by the whole of Sweden.
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Why is she the patron saint of miscarriage? No answer for that either...especially if she and her husband agreed to celibacy. I would like more information since many miscarriage sites have her picture. I'd like to know why she is the one mothers should turn to for intervention.
st. gertrude is not the patron saint of abortion, as in promoting it; she's invoked against abortion.
I agree with Amanda. Abortion is NEVER OKAY to have, even when the woman is pregnant because of rape. It was an awful thing for a woman to have gone through, but it doesn't make the situation with the woman and baby any better if she was to get an abortion. Abortion is a sin no matter HOW the baby was concived.
Dana - Abortion is NOT okay in cases of rape. Catholics recognize the dignity of ALL human life from the moment of conception. In rape, we feel for the mother, we are there for her and are upset at the violence demonstrated against her but under NO circumstances do we then condone more violence against another innocent human being. Even children conceived in rape are gifts created in the image and likeness of God. Only God can take life.
She's often pictured with a hind at her side, believed to have saved her from youths who tried to rape her. Abortion is allowed in cases of rape. I guess the rationalization would be preventing a rape=preventing an abortion. I don't get where the miscarriage part fits in though.
@Vanessa Rae, its AGAINST abortion. This article is bad. Why is she the saint of not haveing abortion and miscarriages????? So confused.
P.s....I thought it was a sin to have an aportion?! So why is It ok to have a saint to protect the ones that do....someone make me understand...
WHY CANT THEY HAVE THE PICTURE OF HER ON HERE??? FOR ART CLASS WE NEED 2 DRAW ICONS OF A SAINT OR HOLY PERSON AND NO PICTURES HERE. HELP ME
i have to know WHY she is the patron saint against abortion. I'm doing a project on her, and I cant even get WHY!
this didnt tell me anything i need important facts about her life and this didnt give me enough!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish the article touched on WHY she is the Patron saint for protection from abortion. What role did she play to be thought of for this type of a saint.
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