"Let us make best use of the fleeting moments.
They will not return." - St Marianne Cope
"I ask the Lord to give you the necessary
grace to work out your salvation
in deep humility
and sweet gentle patience."
St Marianne Cope
1838-1918
Nee Germany, raised in USA
Religious Sister: Sister of St Francis
Leader: health care, education and her own congregation.
35 years of caring for lepers on Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii
Patron: lepers, outcasts
Feast Day: January 23
Painting: Adoration Chapel, Corpus Christi, Texas, with paint application by Kate Browning Ward
"I do not expect a high place in heaven.
I shall be thankful for a little corner where I may
love God for all eternity." - St Marianne Cope
Saint Marianne Cope - YouTube (1 min)
St Marianne Cope, pray for us!
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