St Catherine of St Augustine

Catherine grew up in France, watching her grandparents care for the poor and sick in their home. She knew when she was very young that she too wanted to help the sick and poor. She entered the convent before she was even 16 years old; following her older sister who became a nun the day Catherine entered the convent. Her sister was sent to Canada first and Catherine begged the convent to send her too. They finally decided she could go, and Catherine made the long journey to Quebec, Canada to serve the poor and sick. Life was very hard and there was lots of danger for those serving the Lord in the new country of Canada. Lots of nuns got tired of the hard life and went back to France, but Catherine had promised to stay in Canada no matter what and to take care of the people there and she did. As the Church in Canada grew, more missionaries came to Canada. Sr. Catherine was in charge of all the new girls joining the convent and she also continued to work hard in the hospital. She died when she was only 36 years old.