Blessed Anna Maria Taigi - June 9th

(1769-1837)

Patroness of the Trinitarian Third Order

Anna Maria was born in Siena, Italy in 1769. She married at the age of twenty and endured the quick temper and alcoholic tendencies of her husband. Financial problems kept the family on the verge of destitution and three of their children died at an early age. Anna Maria’s patience with and attention to her husband forestalled or calmed his outbursts of temper, and they became so devoted to each other and their children that the household was consistently filled with laughter and joy. Poverty intensified their industry and dependence on God. The family’s joyfulness grew out of the atmosphere of deep faith and prayerfulness that was fostered by Anna Maria’s intense love for God.

She was a great mystic, yet she achieved her sanctification by living the ordinary life of a wife and mother in a spirit of Christian mission and compliance with God’s will. She was an active member of the Third Order of the Most Holy Trinity. She was declared Blessed on May 30, 1920.

The memorial for Blessed Anna Maria Taigi is celebrated on June 9.

BLESSED ANNA MARIA TAIGI - PRAY FOR US!!!!