Blessed Irene Stefani
Also known as: Aurelia Mercede Stefani; Sister Nyaatha (translates “Mother of Mercy”)
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
October 31
Born
August 22, 1891
Died
October 31, 1930
Beatified
23 May 2015 by Pope Francis
Venerated
2 April 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Irene Stefani, also known as Aurelia Mercede Stefani and Sister Nyaatha (which translates to "Mother of Mercy"), was a remarkable Consolata Missionary Sisters nun who dedicated her life to serving others. Born on 22 August 1891 in Anfo, Brescia, Italy, she felt a deep calling to serve God and devoted herself to a life of missionary work.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2015-05-23 by 23 May 2015 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at Nyeri, Kenya with Cardinal John Njue and Cardinal Polycarp Pengo the chief celebrants; her beatification miracle involved keeping a holy water font full in a parish church in Nipepe, Diocese of Lichinga, Niassa, Mozambique in 1989; the font was the only water source for a group of refugee catechists who were hiding from warring “liberation” armies
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