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title: "St. Alphonsa of India: Feast Day July 28 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsa-of-india/
description: "St. Alphonsa of India, Virgin. Remembered on July 28, died 1946. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on July 28

# St. Alphonsa of India

St. Alphonsa of India is remembered on July 28 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 28](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#28) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1946 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, July 28, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsa-of-india/#calendar) |

## Life

Anna Muttathupadathu of Kerala, a Franciscan Clarist whose short life was one long illness — burns, tumors, malaria — borne with a hidden gaiety her students loved. She wrote that she felt the Lord had destined her to be an offering of suffering. Cures at her tomb began with schoolchildren; she is India’s first canonized woman.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Alphonsa of India. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, July 28, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/28/) | Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Exodus 34:29-35 · Psalm 99:5, 6, 7, 9 · John 15:15b · Matthew 13:44-46 |
| [Friday, July 28, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/28/) | Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Jeremiah 3:14-17 · Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 · Luke 8:15 · Matthew 13:18-23 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 27 St. Pantaleon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pantaleon/) [July 29 St. Martha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martha/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 28?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-28) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Alphonsa of India

Remembered on July 28

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsa-of-india/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsa-of-india/#calendar)

In the app

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