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Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun.After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
The Church of St. Pius V was a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 416-418, 420 East 145th Street, in the South Bronx neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. The parish was established in 1906, with Fr. Francis M. Fagan its first pastor.
The Sisters of Saint Rita are a Roman Catholic religious institute.They were founded in 1911 by Father Hugolinus Dach, an Augustinian priest in Würzburg, Germany.. Originally developed as a lay group to care for families, in 1917 the Sisters took the habit, and started to say the daily Marian office.
79780 Main St, Memphis: Clustered community sharing resources with St. Augustine in Richmond [82] St. Augustine 1912 68035 S. Main St., Richmond: Established as a mission church in 1880; church built in 1912 using stones gathered from fields on congregants [83] St. Mary Mystical Rose 1948 24040 Armada Ridge Rd., Armada
Named after Augustine of Hippo, there are several Catholic religious communities of women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of St. Augustine. Prominent Augustinian nuns include the canonized Italian mystics Clare of Montefalco and Rita of Cascia.
St. Rita's Colored Catholic Mission: 1899 built 2007 NRHP-listed 314 Duss Street New Smyrna Beach, Florida: St. Rita's Black History Museum Basilica of Mary, Queen of the Universe: 1979 built 8300 Vineland Ave.
St. Rita's Church is a parish church governed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in Staten Island, New York City, founded in 1921. Named for the same saint, the Bronx parish of St. Rita of Cascia was established in 1900.
The basilica was built in the early twentieth century to provide a larger church to house the much visited relics of the former nun, Saint Rita of Cascia, who was canonized in 1900. The initial impulse was guided by the Abbess Maria Teresa Fasce , now considered a blessed individual by the Roman Catholic church.