About Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, the first Palestinian religious congregation. She was beatified by Archbishop Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. On 6 December 2014, Pope Francis recognized a miracle that had been attributed to her intercession, a requirement for her canonization. The date of her canonization was announced on 14 February 2015, and she was canonized on 17 May 2015. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP (4 October 1843 – 25 March 1927) was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem (the Rosary Sisters), the first Palestinian religious congregation. Her early education was at a school in Jerusalem founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. The members of the order she founded run schools, catechetical programs, clinics, and orphanages throughout the Middle East.
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