ST. RITA RECEIVES HER MIRACULOUS WOUND

LIFE OF ST. RITA
OF CASCIA, O.S.A.

from the Italian

BY
VERY REV. RICHARD CONNOLLY
O.S.A., D.D.

R. & T. WASHBOURNE
4 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
BENZIGER BROS.: NEW YORK, CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO
1903

Nihil Obstat:
        FR. JOANNES L. CONDON, O.S.A.,
                CENS. DEPUTATUS.

PERMISSION TO PUBLISH

We approve of the publication of the 'Life of
St. Rita of Cascia,' from the Italian, by the
Very Rev. Fr. Richard Connolly, O.S.A., D.D.

        FR. W. O'SULLIVAN, O.S.A.,
                VICAR PROVINCIAL.
CORK, Feast of St. Patrick, 1903.

Imprimatur:
        HERBERTUS CARDINALIS VAUGHAN,
                ARCHIEPISCOPUS WESTMONASTERIENSIS.

CONTENTS

PART I

RITA IN THE WORLD

CHAPTER

I. CASCIA: A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY
II. RITA'S PARENTS
III. RITA'S WONDERFUL CONCEPTION
IV. RITA'S BIRTH
V. THE WHITE BEES OF ST. RITA
VI. RITA'S CHILDHOOD
VII. RITA'S LOVE OF RETIREMENT
VIII. RITA'S MARRIAGE
IX. RITA AS WIFE
X. DEATH OF RITA'S HUSBAND AND CHILDREN—RITA AS WIDOW

PART II

RITA IN THE CLOISTER

I. RITA'S MIRACULOUS ENTRY INTO THE CLOISTER AND HER RECEPTION
II. RITA AS NOVICE—HER PROFESSION
III. RITA'S CHARITY
IV. OTHER VIRTUES WHICH RITA PRACTISED IN THE CLOISTER
V. RITA'S OBSERVANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS VOWS
VI. RITA'S PENANCES
VII. RITA'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER
VIII. A THORN FROM THE SAVIOUR'S CROWN OF THORNS WOUNDS RITA'S FOREHEAD
IX. RITA GOES TO ROME TO GAIN THE INDULGENCE OF THE JUBILEE
X. RITA'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH

PART III

RITA IN HEAVEN

I. WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT RITA'S DEATH—BURIAL OF HER SACRED BODY
II. MIRACLES WROUGHT BY GOD THROUGH RITA'S INTERCESSION BEFORE HER BEATIFICATION
III. EFFICACY OF THE RELICS OF ST. RITA
IV. MARVELS OF ST. RITA'S SEPULCHRE
V. ...