Saint Marguerite Bays | Prayer.
shalomworld Saint Marguerite Bays (8 September 1815 – 27 June 1879) was a Swiss seamstress and Roman Catholic mystic who was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. She lived a simple life as a Franciscan and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her own life and social apostolate, especially after she was cured of bowel cancer on 8 December 1854. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1995 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to her intercession. She was canonized by Pope Francis on October 13, 2019.
Saint Marguerite Bays - June 27
Memorial
27 June
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The second of seven children born to Pierre-Antoine Bays and Josephine Morel, she grew up in a pious farm family. Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Lausanne, Switzerland, she supported herself as a dress maker and seamstress. She never married, but devoted herself and her life to caring for the people of her parish and city especially sick, children, young women, and the poor. Marguerite was known for a deep prayer life, devotion to Our Lady, and for lengthy periods spent in Eucharistic adoration. She joined the Secular Franciscans in 1860.
Marguerite developed intestinal cancer at age 35, asked for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was miraculously healed on 8 December 1854, the day that Blessed Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Following the healing, each Friday Marguerite would experience a period of paralysis during which she would relive the Passion of Jesus. She received the stigmata.
Born
8 September 1815 in Siviriez, Fribourg, Switzerland
Died
3pm on Friday 27 June 1879 in Siviriez, Fribourg, Switzerland of natural causes
Venerated
10 July 1990 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
29 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
the beatification miracle involved the healing on 25 March 1940 of a middle school student (who grew up to become a priest) who was injured in a mountain climbing accident
Canonized
13 October 2019 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
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Saint Marguerite Bays - June 27
Memorial
27 June
Profile
The second of seven children born to Pierre-Antoine Bays and Josephine Morel, she grew up in a pious farm family. Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Lausanne, Switzerland, she supported herself as a dress maker and seamstress. She never married, but devoted herself and her life to caring for the people of her parish and city especially sick, children, young women, and the poor. Marguerite was known for a deep prayer life, devotion to Our Lady, and for lengthy periods spent in Eucharistic adoration. She joined the Secular Franciscans in 1860.
Marguerite developed intestinal cancer at age 35, asked for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was miraculously healed on 8 December 1854, the day that Blessed Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Following the healing, each Friday Marguerite would experience a period of paralysis during which she would relive the Passion of Jesus. She received the stigmata.
Born
8 September 1815 in Siviriez, Fribourg, Switzerland
Died
3pm on Friday 27 June 1879 in Siviriez, Fribourg, Switzerland of natural causes
Venerated
10 July 1990 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
29 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
the beatification miracle involved the healing on 25 March 1940 of a middle school student (who grew up to become a priest) who was injured in a mountain climbing accident
Canonized
13 October 2019 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy