St. Gianna Beretta Molla Novena start today Thursday, April 19

April 28th is the Feast Day of St Gianna Beretta Molla who gave up her own life to save her unborn child. 

We will continue the celebration throughout this year, because on October 4, 2012, we will observe St Gianna’s 90th birthday!

Please join us in this novena and spread the word to your family, friends and parish community.

Novena Prayer for St. Gianna
2012 Mark the 50th anniversary of her death
Special Novena  - April 19-28

Lord God,
Through your Son Jesus Christ You have destroyed death
And have made us the People of Life.

We thank you for the example of the saints
Whose lives reflect your own holiness
And the profound dignity of human life.

Thank you in particular for the example
of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla.
She is truly a saint for our times,
Whom you called from this world just 50 years ago.
Thank you for her example of being a loving wife,
A devoted mother, a caring physician, and a
woman of Catholic action.

Thank you for the crowning act of her life,
By which she sacrificed her life for that of her child.
May her example inspire all of us
To lay down our lives for one another,
Especially for our unborn brothers and sisters,
And hence to both discover and proclaim
The very meaning of love.

We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

St Gianna Molla, pray for us! Pray for all mothers and their unborn children.
Beg from God the grace for us all to build a culture of life. Amen! 
 

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PICTURES FROM PILGRIMAGE TO The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa,Doylestown, PA

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa,Doylestown, PA
 
 Gianna Emanuela Molla, MD
"St. Gianna's youngest daughter"

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Mass was celebrated by:
Rev. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

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