saint Alphonsa of the

Immaculate Conception

Birth: August 19, 1910
Death:july 48,1926

location: Aprookara, india
Full name: Anna Muttathupadathu

Nationality: Indian
Beatified: 8 February 1986

Canonized: 12 October 2008
Feast Day:28th July

She is the first woman of Indian origin to be

canonised as a saint after decades of enquiry
by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of
Saints
 prayer
Oh my Jesus, Sun of Righteousness, enlighten my
intellect and mind with your sacred rays. Purify
my heart, consume me with burning love for you,
and make me one with you. By Thy Divine rays,
clarify my thoughts, illumine my mind, cleanse
my heart, consume me in the fire of Thy love, and
thus unite me with Thee. Amen.
28th July
The feast is celebrated on the death anniversary of the
saint which falls on 28th July. It was on this day in 1946
that Alphonsa flew off on the wings of grace to be in the
beatific presence of her Maker.

What we can learn from the life of Alphonsa is thus only

a living experience of Christ can lead us to a loving
appreciation of his suffering for us and a meaningful
acceptance and offering of our sufferings to the Lord in
love. Because the suffering accepted with the crucified
Lord is saving and redeeming.