Here is another "blessed" after my own heart. She is Italian and found her vocation after her career as a teacher in college. She also has the birthday of a very dear friend of mine. Blessed Alfonsa Clerici was born on February 14, 1860 in Milan, Italy. She was the oldest of ten children. Her parents were Angelo and Maria Romano Clerici. They were a poor family. Two of her brothers became monks and one sister joined the Sisters of the Precious Blood.
She received her master's degree from the College of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Monza, Italy. She taught college and during her time as a teacher, Alfonsa felt called to religious life, but she worked in order to support her family, so she continued to teach. She finally answered the Lord's call on August 15, 1883 and joined the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood. While a religious, she continued to teach and was the director of the college in 1898.
She died on January 14, 1930 at 1:30pm in Vercelli, Italy of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered from the night before while in prayer. She was beatified on July 1, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. The miracle was the healing of a near-fatal heart condition of Mr Nedo Frosini by the prayers of his wife, Carla Demi Frosini.
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