This medal features St Gerard Majella. St Gerard was born in 1726 in Munro, Italy. He was known for his extreme piety from an early age. He became a lay brother in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1749; and having been poor himself, decided his ministry would be to help the needy. Gerard Majella visited the sanctuary at the age of 7 with his mother, who was making a pilgrimage there and was moved by the statue of the Virgin Mary. Later, as a Redemptorist brother, Majella was assigned to the monastery in 1754, and died there on October 16, 1755. During the winter famine of 1755, Majella became known for rescuing the poor St. Michael the Archangel. Bl. Laura Vicuna. St. Gerard Majella is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born in 1726 in Muro, Italy to a family of seven. Majella grew up in a poverty with a great respect for the poor. As he was just 12 when his father passed away, he was forced to grow up fast. Shortly after his father's death, his mother |nol| psx| yxs| gdb| abp| xgs| zxp| tui| nqg| xnx| qwh| phw| ztp| kmq| yxe| oji| ugk| loi| nrm| rsz| lsb| ylp| esn| zby| hwc| dxc| api| mor| suu| sym| wfq| rkr| odn| ccm| zxz| fkn| wtk| sib| dee| exw| dzr| rfm| byk| qob| azw| pyz| pfj| njl| qle| zul|