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The Rita House crest features symbols that represent her life: the rose signifies the miracle of the winter rose, the veil represents her religious piety, thorns signify the hardships she endured, and the heart symbolises her unconditional love for God. The motto for Rita House is “Love conquers all,” encapsulating her ability to love unconditionally and extend forgiveness, even in the face of difficulties and injustice" (Villanova College, 2024).
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"The mascot for Rita House is the Bee, symbolising Rita’s diligence and hard work in serving God and others. Legend has it that bees swarmed around her crib as an infant, foretelling her future holiness" (Villanova College, 2024).
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- Saint Rita of Cascia"Margherita Lotti (Rita) was born in a small town near Cascia, Italy, to parents who were advanced in age. After years of childlessness, Rita’s parents saw the birth of their only child as an answer to prayer ... "
- Saint Rita of Cascia"Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, widow, and member of a religious community. Her holiness was reflected in each phase of her life ... "
- A Rose Blooms above Thorns"Thorns of suffering pierce the life of each one of us. Rita of Cascia is Italy's most popular saint because she rose successfully above life's troubles and tragedies. She invites us to do the same ... "
- St Rita of Cascia"St Rita of Cascia, by far the most distinguished Augustinian saint of the fifteenth century, acquired world-wide fame only after her canonization in 1900 ..."
- St Rita: A new historical profile"We should pay more attention to the virtues of Saints than to their miracles because God forms them not as masterpieces of His physical power, in the manner of the constellations of interplanetary space, but as masterpieces of His infinite richness which does not act in man without obtaining from him a conscious and free correspondence.
- Saint Rita of Cascia"Ironically, it may have been precisely the attractiveness of Rita of Cascia and the intense religious fervor that surrounded devotion to her at her death, that is responsible for the lack of certainty today concerning some significant details of her life.
- Martin Crane OSABishop Crane OSA is the modern patron for Alypius House. "Martin Crane O.S.A. was born on in Ireland on 11th October 1818, six years after Bishop James Goold. He was the son of James Crane, a farmer, and was one of five sons who became priests in various religious orders, and his only sister was a Carmelite nun ... "