Maria Pia Mastena
beatified Italian nun (1881–1951)
Feast: 27 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Blessed Maria Pia Mastena (7 December 1881 - 28 June 1951) - born Teresa Maria - was an Italian religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She was the founder of the Religious Sisters of the Holy Face. Mastena fostered a deep devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and tried to promote that devotion to others in her religious career as a nun. Mastena first desired the contemplative life, but she was denied this after she entered the convent, since it was not a cloister. Instead, she dedicated herself to teaching in several Italian cities after leaving another convent and another religious order when she deemed contemplative life was not what God wanted for her.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — BeataMaria Pia (Teresa Maria) Mastena — BeataMaria Pia (Teresa Maria) Mastena — Fondatrice — Bovolone, Verona, 7 dicembre 1881 - Roma, 28 giugno 1951 — feast 28 giugno
- Wikidata Q2682944 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Pia Mastena (CC BY-SA)
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