New Patron Saint...nueva santa patrona

So a few days ago I was overwhelmed with the size of the task in front of me, doubting my ability to be a wife, mother, AND doctor (not that I'm any of the three right now)...and Sally Sargent told me about a saint who was all three...but couldn't remember her name. THat SAME NIGHT my friend Jiza texted me and told me she was praying for me to St. Gianna . wife, mother, physician, and saint. God answered my prayers...so faithfully. I very much feel called to adopt this saint as my new patron of study and life. Here's a little more about her...


St. Gianna Molla

October 4, 1922 – April 28, 1962

“If you must choose between me and the baby, no hesitation; Choose—and I demand it—the baby,
Save him!”

Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian doctor, wife, and mother who refused to have either an abortion or hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child. Doctors had discovered in the second month of her pregnancy a fibroma tumor in her uterus. As a doctor, Gianna knew the consequences of not fully treating the fibroma. She chose the life of her child over her own.

On the morning of April 21, 1962, a healthy baby girl was born, Gianna Emanuela. Her mother died of septic peritonitis a week after the birth. Gianna was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 24, 1994, during the international year of the family and was canonized on May 16, 2004.


voy a traducir esto mas tarde...no hay tiempo ahortia...en breve...tengo una santa patrona nueva...santa, doctora, madre, y esposa!! Santa Gianna!