Bl. Teresa Manganiello

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Born: January 1, 1849 Montefusco, Avellino, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Died: November 4, 1876 (aged 27) Montefusco, Avellino, Kingdom of Italy

Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church

Beatified: 22 May 2010, Benevento, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Feast: 4 November

Attributes: Crucifix Rosary Patronage Franciscan tertiaries Franciscan Immaculate Sisters

Blessed Teresa Manganiello (1 January 1849 – 4 November 1876) was an Italian who became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. She desired to establish a new religious congregation but died before the idea could come to fruition.
She was beatified in 2010 in Benevento after a miracle was found to have been attributed to her intercession and the cause still continues.

Biography

Maria Luisa Manganiello was born in 1849 to farmers in Montefusco. She was a drawn to religious life and later became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order in 1871 as she was drawn to the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. Pope Pius IX received her in a private audience in 1873 and blessed her for her mission which was to establish a new religious congregation.

Manganiello died of a sudden illness in late 1876 before she could accomplish this task but her work soon led to the establishment of the Franciscan Immaculate Sisters that Father Ludovico Acernese founded. She is considered to be the spiritual cornerstone of this congregation.

Beatification

The cause for beatification commenced on 23 April 1991 with the declaration of “nihil obstat” (nothing against) under Pope John Paul II which granted her the title of Servant of God. The process started on a diocesan level in 1991 with the validation of the process in 1992. The Positio was submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1999 which culminated with the declaration of her life of heroic virtue on 3 July 2009. This allowed Pope Benedict XVI to declare her Venerable.

A miracle attributed to her intercession was investigated in 2002 with the validation of that process concluded in 2003. Benedict XVI signed the decree for the miracle on 19 December 2009 which allowed for her beatification. Cardinal Angelo Amato – on behalf of the pope – beatified her on 22 May 2010.

Prayer to Bl. Teresa Manganiello

O Father, source of every gift,that to your servant TERESA MANGANIELLO you have given new things of grace, costing you, by the action of the Holy Spirit, inspiring and model of the Immaculatine Franciscan Sisters, let our love for Jesus grow every day, be strengthened and become yeast and ferment for a new ecclesial spring, where the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of man meet ceasing violence, hatred, disputes and rivalry.

Enlarge our horizons, make the seed of Your Word find welcome in the hearts of many young people who, like you, attracted by a more radical Christian ideal of life, consecrate their life in the service of the brothers.

Inspire us for holy purposes, worthy of the received Baptism, glorify your humble servant, Teresa Manganiello, and obtain for her intercession the grace … that we ask You trusting only in Your great mercy and infinite goodness. Both for the love of God. Amen!

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