Virgin · Remembered on January 23
St. Marianne Cope
St. Marianne Cope is remembered on January 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | January 23 |
|---|---|
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1918 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Franciscan hospital administrator of Syracuse, New York, who answered the plea no one else would: she led six sisters to the leper settlements of Hawaii, nursed the dying Fr. Damien, and mothered the exiles of Molokai for thirty years — never catching the disease.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Marianne Cope. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Marianne Cope keeps January 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of January.
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