Josephine Bakhita, you who lived your daily life with joyful faith, pray for us!In You, Lord, I place my hope, I raise my spirit to my God. The enemies of the Church: the children of darkness are smarter than the children of Light, they want to destroy what Jesus created. Do not let me be disappointed! You are the God of my salvation, every day I hope in You. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. She calls Communion in hand "the work of the devil."

Josephine Margaret Bakhita, was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, living and working there for 45 yearsSt. Ask God and the Blessed Mother to help you know the truth and be at peace.

4 Help 888-373-7888 Through Christ Our Lord. Many are for, due to lack of obedience to the Holy Father, lack of love for the Holy Mass, lack of love for prayer and fasting, not having read the breviary, and I repeat, for the Communion in the hand... Just pray if you are in doubt or you do not understand what happened to Pope Benedict and the role of Pope Francis (he is pope even if you may not see him as such), about the confusion in the Catholic Church and the world.

“Seeing the sun, the moon and the stras, I said to myself: who could be the Master of these beautiful things? Josephine Bakhita, you who lived your daily life with joyful faith, pray for us!In You, Lord, I place my hope, I raise my spirit to my God. She could not recall the name given to her at birth by her parents after she suffered repeated terrible humiliation, both physical and moral, as a result of being kidnapped by slave traders at the age of 7 and sold and re-sold in the slave markets of El Obeid and of Khartoum. Bakhita asked and obtained permission to go with him and a friend of his, a certain Mr. Augusto Michieli. She followed the new “family”, which settled in Zianigo, near Mirano Veneto.When their daughter Mimmina was born, Bakhita became her babysitter and friend. Goodwill Message on the Occasion of the 15th Anniversary and the Dedication of the Chapel of St. Bakhita Catholic Church, Lashibi. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. St. Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in 1869. Do not let me be disappointed! Her amicable voice, which had the infection and rhythm of music of her country, was pleasing to the little ones, comforting to the poor and suffering and encouraging to those who knocked at the institute’s door.Her humility, simplicity and constant smile won the hearts of all the citizens. During her agony, she relived the terrible days of her slavery and more than once begged the nurse who assisted her: “Please, loosen the chains…they are heavy!”.It was Blessed Mary who freed her from pain. She was kidnapped and sold into slavery, suffering tremendously in body and soul.She was eventually bought by an Italian consul and after some years gained her freedom.

These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Through Christ Our Lord. I'm Devin Rose, creator of this website and the Pray mobile app. St. Josephine Bakhita, you who lived your daily life with joyful faith, pray for us! In this novena I humbly ask for Heavenly Father, through the intercession of Saint Bakhita, grant us sentiments of sincere mercy towards everyone. These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.