St. Angela Merici
Patron Saint of Handicapped People
After St. Angela Merici returned from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she founded the Ursuline Sisters to serve and teach the poor. She named her community after St. Ursula, a martyr in the early Church. With the help of St. Charles Borromeo, she formalized the Ursuline Sisters. The community spread throughout Italy and eventually throughout Italy and eventually throughout the rest of the world. From their beginning in the 1500s, the community has focused on educating young girls. “Be bound to one another by the bond of charity, treating each other with respect, helping one another, bearing with one another in Christ Jesus." -St. Angela Merici