Saint of the Day
Saint Jeanne Jugan
Saint Jeanne Jugan was born in Brittany, France in 1792. When she was 16, she took a job as the maid of the Viscount’s de la Choue, she was a devout Catholic and Jugan went with her as she visited the sick and the poor. This began her work with the sick and poor. In 1839 she founded the Little Sisters of the Poor, who worked tirelessly to better the lives of the poor and the sick. She would dedicate her whole life to helping the needy. She passed in 1879.
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