Venerables Daughters of Charity

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Venerables Daughters of Charity

Venerable Sr. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (1953-1993)

Young Brazilian Daughter of Charity; she was born on October 20th, 1953 in a very poor area in the State of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), she belonged to a non-well-off, but rich-in-faith Christian family. She joined the Daughters of Charity in RecifeProvince in 1988. Since 1991 she served devoutly to the poor people especially the elder ones in a communal hospital in Salvador de la Bahia. She was stabbed to death while she was serving the food to sick people, on a Holy Friday, April 9th, 1993. She received the Martyrdom Palm for having defending her virginity, offering the sacrifice of her life with the first martyr: Christ. On December 16th, 2006, The Holy Father Benedict XVI authorized the Promulgation of the decree that declares her martyr. She will be the first Brazilian women, of the Society of Apostolic Life in being beatified, during the Feast of Christ the King, in 2007. Due to the fact she is a martyr, it is not necessary to prove a miracle for her beatification. Her life talks to us about the beauty of giving our youth energies to serve Christ in the poor people.

Venerable Sr. Marta Anna Wiecka (1874 - 1904)

She was born on January 12th, 1874, in Nowy Wiec, in Poland, in the area that was occupied then by Prussia. She belonged to a well-off family. She joined the Daughters of Charity in the Province of Krakow in 1893. Her first destination: The Leopoli Hospital, where about 1.000 sick people resided, and 50 Sisters worked. Almost all her life, she worked as a nurse, standing out for her competence, professionalism, sociability, devotion, patience, availability and as well as all those full of prayer moments to ask God for a cure or a conversion. None of the sick people, died without the reconciliation with God. She was an authentic humanity’s teacher and faith messenger. She died in 1904 while she was working at SniatynHospital. On May 18th, 2006, the Medical Committee of the Congregation for the Saints’ Cause declared for the acknowledgement of a miracle attributed to the venerable Sr. Marta: a total permanent non-scientific-explained cure. Her Beatification cause is still opened.

Venerable Sr. Giuseppina Nicoli (1863 - 1924)

She was affectionately called “Sr. Smile”; she was born in Casatisma (Pavia), on November 18th, 1863, she was the fifth of ten children. On September 24th, 1883 she Joined San Salvario House, the Central House of the Daughters of Charity in Turin. More than a half of Sr. Nicoli’s life was developed in Sardegna, in the Dioceses of Sassari and Cagliari. She was always dedicated to the evangelization and to the Poor Service, totally giving herself for the good of Sardegna’s towns in a very difficult epoch. The tenderness and the humility have marked her Vincentian Charisma, above all in the abandoned orphan children’s evangelization. In Cagliari she played an important role in the Youth promotion inside the Children of Mary Association; As its Director, she joined the Children of Mary with much zeal and attentiveness. She was example of good advisor in the work with lay people. She died after some months of sickness, on May 31st, 1924 at the age of 61. On April 28th, 2006 The Holy Father Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of the decree about her heroic virtues, declaring her Venerable.

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