A Lesson in Forgiveness
Josephine Bakhita said that if she met her torturers she would kiss their feet, for without them she would not have become a Christian or a woman religious.
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As God Desires
That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
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Advent with the Saints: Josephine Bakhita
The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.
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A Prayer for Josephine
St. Josephine Bakhita bore scars throughout her body from years of slavery, yet her courageous heart remained unblemished.
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Sisterhood of Saints: Josephine Bakhita
St. Josephine Bakhita shows us that mercy and love can conquer the evils of our world.
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Radical Saints: Josephine Bakhita
Born about 1869 in Sudan | Died February 8, 1947, in Italy Canonized October 1, 2000 | Feast Day: February 8 Josephine’s Radical Gift Slave traders took away her name and her family. She was kidnapped, beaten, and scarred. And ...
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