Life of Sister St. Rita of Cascia of the Order of St. Augustine
Subtitle: advocate of the impossible ; model of maidens, wives, mothers, widows and nuns
Publisher: D.B. Hansen
Published: 1918
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER PAGE; title: Preface 9; title: I. Ubria, Cascia and Its Greatness 13; title: II. The Birthplace and Parents op St. Rita 18; title: III. St. Rita's Birth- 23; title: IV. The Early Years of St. Rita 27; title: V. St. Rita Begins to Lead a Life of Retirement, and Desires Ardently to Consecrate Her Virginity to God 31; title: VI. St. Rita Sacrifices Her Will on the Altar of Obedience and Consents to Enter the Marriage State 36; title: VII. St. Rita's Marriage 40; title: VIII. St. Rita, by Her Humility and Patience, Converts Her Cruel Husband 44; title: IX. God Blesses the Marriage of St. Rita With Two Beautiful Children 48; title: X. The Virtues That St. Rita Practiced During Her Married Life 52; title: XI. Death of Ferdinando — Grief of St. Rita 57; title: XII. St. Rita Makes a Sacrifice of the Lives of Her Two Sons to God 61; title: XIII. The Penitential Life of St. Rita After the Death of Her Sons 64; title: XIV. St. Rita Applies for Admission into the Convent. Her Request is Denied 67; title: XV. St. Rita Enters the Maddalena Convent in a Miraculous Manner 71; title: XVI. St. Rita Distributes Her Temporal Goods Among the Poor and Receives the Augustinian Habit 76; title: XVII. St. Rita Makes Her Solemn Profession. She is Favored with a Mysterious Vision 81; title: XVIII. How St. Rita Observed the Vow 07 Obedience 84; title: XIX. The Evangelical Poverty St. Rita Professed and Practiced 89; title: XX. The Angelical Purity with which St. Rita Observed the Vow of Chastity 98; title: XXI. Mortifications Practiced by St. Rita After She Became a Nun 97; title: XXII. St. Rita's Admirable Progress in Virtue During Her Religious Life 101; title: XXIII. St. Rita's Love for Prayer. The Wonderful Efficacy of Her Prayers 106; title: XXIV. St. Rita, Praying Before a Crucifix, Receives a Miraculous Wound on the Forehead-.. Ill; title: XXV. St. Rita's Journey to Rome 116; title: XXVI. St. Rita's Illness and the Signs that Attested Her Sanctity 122; title: XXVII. St. Rita's Happy Death 127; title: XXVIII. Singular Events that Took Place Immediately After the Death of St. Rita 182; title: XXIX. The Worship with which St. Rita was Venerated After Her Death 187; title: XXX. The Privileges which the Body and Relics of St. Rita Enjoy 140; title: XXXI. Miracles that God Wrought Through the Intercession of St. Rita After Her Death 145; title: XXXII. The Solemn Beatification of St. Rita 152; title: XXXIII. Festivities Held at Rome and Cascia in Honor of the Solemn Beatification of St. Rita.. 156; title: XXXIV. Miracles Wrought by St. Rita After Her Beatification 161; title: XXXV. The Rapid Spread of Devotion to St. Rita 165; title: XXXVI. The Solemn Canonization of St. Rita 169; title: XXXVII. Conclusion 175