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Monday, November 25, 2013

Special Pilgrimage to St. Gianna Shrines Planned for 2014!




 From Thomas J. McKenna, President
St. Gianna Physician's Guild


I am pleased to announce that St. Gianna Physicians' Guild will be leading an eight day pilgrimage to the shrines of St. Gianna Molla in Italy on the occasion of this inspiring saint's Feast Day in April 2014. I have been planning this pilgrimage in collaboration with St. Gianna's children and I am sure it will be very memorable. 

The pilgrimage will also include three days in Rome where, among other activities, our group will be present for a Papal Audience and blessed to attend Holy Mass at the Altar of the Tomb of St. Peter with Cardinal Raymond Burke who will also honor us with his presence for dinner.

This will be a unique opportunity to learn about the heroic virtues of this inspiring saint while walking in her footsteps. The pilgrims will also have the opportunity to meet St. Gianna's other children, Pierluigi and Laura, who will share memories and insights into the life of their saint mother.  We will also participate in the Feast Day celebrations with the family and other faithful in St. Gianna's home town. 

Other places we will visit include Turin where we will trace the footsteps of Saint John Bosco and Padua, the home of the great preacher, St. Anthony.

The pilgrimage will include daily Mass, spiritual talks and much, much more. It will be a unique occasion to grow in your Catholic Faith. I hope you can join us.

To learn more about this special, once in a lifetime opportunity, or to register, please click here.


God Bless you!

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (October 4, 1922 – April 28, 1962) was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death. She was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 2004.

 continue reading about St. Gianna at http://voicesunborn.blogspot.com

  




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