BL. CHIARA BADANO -29th OCTOBER
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1. Chiara Badano was born in Sassello, in the province of Savona (Diocese of Acqui), a very longed-for child, to Maria Teresa Caviglia and Ruggero Badano on October 29, 1971. When Chiara was in the third grade at school #ChiaraBadano
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1. Chiara Badano was born in Sassello, in the province of Savona (Diocese of Acqui), a very longed-for child, to Maria Teresa Caviglia and Ruggero Badano on October 29, 1971. When Chiara was in the third grade at school #ChiaraBadano
2. she came in contact with the Focolare Movement, founded by Chiara Lubich, which changed her life. Since then, Chiara used to say, "I must give Jesus with my conduct." At the age of sixteen, Chiara felt called to the missions.
She was diagnosed with a malignant bone tumour
She was diagnosed with a malignant bone tumour
3. at the age of seventeen.
Then the pilgrimage to the hospitals of Turin began, a real via crucis. Her chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions Chiara offered up in union with Christ on Calvary.
She abandoned herself and the illness gradually became marginal for her,
Then the pilgrimage to the hospitals of Turin began, a real via crucis. Her chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions Chiara offered up in union with Christ on Calvary.
She abandoned herself and the illness gradually became marginal for her,
4. living it in Jesus. "I have always been impressed", her doctor (Dr. Brach) related, "by the strength of acceptance of the disease by Chiara and her family."
She had difficulty breathing and suffered. She would have required morphine for her pain, but she refused it.
She had difficulty breathing and suffered. She would have required morphine for her pain, but she refused it.
5. She then wrote to Chiara Lubich, informing her of the decision to stop chemotherapy: "Only God can. Tonight my heart is full of joy... I feel so small and the road to take is so difficult, I often feel overwhelmed by pain...
6. But it is the Bridegroom who comes to visit me."
The foundress of the Focolarini in answering her gave her a new name: "Chiara Luce".
Chiara Luce died on October 7, 1990. Declared venerable on July 3, 2008, she was beatified on September 25, 2010.
The foundress of the Focolarini in answering her gave her a new name: "Chiara Luce".
Chiara Luce died on October 7, 1990. Declared venerable on July 3, 2008, she was beatified on September 25, 2010.
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