Blessed Marie Celine of the Presentation (1878-1897). Compiled by the Poor Clares of Rockford, IL. Beatified Sept. 2007. This 19-year-old girl, Germaine Castang, suffered much in a desperately poor family, with illness, deaths and other sorrows---but her life was crowned by entry into religious life. Allowed to make her profession on her deathbed, Bl. Celine is forever a spouse of Christ.
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Blessed Marie Celine of the Presentation (1878-1897). Compiled by the Poor Clares of Rockford, IL. Beatified Sept. 2007. This 19-year-old girl, Germaine Castang, suffered much in a desperately poor family, with illness, deaths and other sorrows---but her life was crowned by entry into religious life. Allowed to make her profession on her deathbed, Bl. Celine is forever a spouse of Christ.
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