Saint Rose Venerini

Rose thought she knew what God wanted her to do with her life when she was very young, but God showed her that He had other great plans for her.  When she was young, Rose was engaged to be married, but the young man died before they were able to be married.  Rose then decided that because she loved God so much she should become a nun and she joined a convent.  Shortly after, her father died and Rose left the convent to take care of her mother.  It was during this time that Rose began to realize that God was calling her to be a leader and a teacher.  She began to meet with other young woman in the community she lived in and she began to realize that they knew very little about their faith.  She began to teach them and many people began to realize what a wonderful teacher she was.  She was encouraged to keep teaching and was asked to organize the schools and train the teachers in one of the Bishop’s Diocese.  It was during this time that she became friends with Lucy Filippini who later started a religious community of sisters and became a saint.  During her life Rose organized 40 schools all over Italy, including in Rome.  After she died, her teachers decided to become nuns and formed the Order of the Venerini Sisters.  They continued teaching, just as Rose has shown them, all over the world.