December 7, 2021

St. Maria Giuseppe Rossello (1811 - 1888) was born at Albisola Marina, Liguria, Italy and was baptized Benedetta. At sixteen she became a Franciscan tertiary, and in 1837, she and three companions, Pauline Barla, Angela, and Domenica Pessio, found a community in Savona. The congregation was devoted to charitable works, hospitals, and educating poor young women. In 1840, Maria Giuseppe was made superior. By the time she died on December 7, 1888, she had made sixty-eight foundations. She was canonized in 1949.

St. Maria please pray for for more people to be inclined to help the less fortunate especially during this advent season.