Saints Library · Healing and Helping
St. Catherine Labouré
Sister of Charity Nun Feasi Day
Life and historical setting
Catherine Labouré (1806–1876) is remembered in the Church as sister of Charity Nun Feasi Day. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Fain-lès-Moutiers.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Catherine Labouré include religious sister, nun. The religious family connected with this vocation is Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.
Catherine Labouré was born on May 2, 1806, to a French peasant family. Catherine Labouré began to receive several visions of Our Lady.
The enduring witness of Catherine Labouré is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
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Prayer and contemplation
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Teaching and sacred learning
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Religious life and community
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Mercy in action
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Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Catherine Labouré is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Catherine Labouré, strengthen us in mercy expressed through practical care for people who are poor, sick, forgotten, or vulnerable. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Catalogued feast-day statement; confirm the calendar used by the local Church or religious family.
Other associated observances: December 31.
Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.