Venerables

Seraphina di Dio was born Prudence Pisa, into a wealthy merchant family in Naples on October 24, 1621.  Two of her uncles, one from her father’s side, the other from her mother’s, were respected priests in responsible positions.

 As a teenager Prudence was kicked out of her parent’s home for several years.

 Mother M. Angeline Teresa (Bridget Teresa McCrory) was born on January 21, 1893 in Mountjoy, County Tyrone, Ireland. When she was seven years of age her family migrated to Scotland and at the age of nineteen she left home to become a Little Sister of the Poor, a Congregation engaged in the care of the destitute aged. She made her Novitiate in La Tour, France and after Profession she was sent to the United States.

Also Known as Maria Angela Virgili

Mariangela was born in 1662 in Ronciglione Italy, to such impoverished parents that when she asked her father for permission to become a cloistered Carmelite nun, he answered no because they had nothing to give for a dowry. Her pious father added ‘…but you can become a nun at home’.

John Dominic was born on May 18,1652, at Pescaglia (Lucca). He joined the Carmelites of the Mantuan Congregation in the convent of the Selve /Woods/ near Florence on Feb. 1,1670, and three weeks later was clothed in the habit at Lucca. He was sent to spend his novitiate in the convent of Ferrara,