A Saint in Toronto, Canada?

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http://www.archtoronto.org/carmelina/srcarmelina.jpgBorn: February 7, 1937 – Livery Naples Italy
**Baptized: **February 19, 1937 – Church of St. George Martyr
**Emigrated: **July 4, 1964 arrives at Toronto with Dr. Nicola Sbarra from Liveri
Deceased: March 21, 1992
Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario
Carmelina Tarantino was born in Italy in 1937 and arrived in Toronto in 1964, searching for answers to an unexplained illness that baffled doctors in her homeland. Canadian doctors suspected a rare form of cancer but it was never confirmed. Sr. Carmelina suffered through painful treatments, including the amputation of her leg and a masectomy. Through it all, she maintained a devout life of prayer.
With Vatican approval, she became a nun in 1977, though she remained in her hospital bed at Riverdale Hospital (now known as Bridgepoint Health) for 24 years. Word spread of her condition and soon, the lineup of visitors extended well outside her door, both to visit and seek spiritual direction. Thousands of people, mostly of Italian heritage, came to visit Sr. Carmelina while others sought counselling over the phone. She impacted the lives of thousands before her death at the age of 55 in 1992.
The official inquiry into her cause for sainthood has begun. For more information on the process, refer to the Archdiocese of Toronto backgrounder on saints.
If you have information that would be helpful in moving forward Sr. Carmelina’s case for sainthood, please contact the following individuals:
archtoronto.org/carmelina/
 
Wow. With the cause of Catherine de Hueck Doherty in progress as well, it looks like we now have two sainthood causes in our archdiocese, both deceased a very short time ago.
 
odubhghail said:
Wow. With the cause of Catherine de Hueck Doherty in progress as well, it looks like we now have two sainthood causes in our archdiocese, both deceased a very short time ago.
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How so very exciting…you know of Catherine Doherty? :cool:
 
Yes, I know of Catherine Doherty, and Madonna House in Peterborough. Poustinia is still a memorable read. I guess Catherine would be a saint of the diocese of Peterborough, not the archdiocese of Toronto. Although, since she began her apostolate of outreach in Cabbagetown, we could argue that Toronto had her first.
 
odubhghail said:
Yes, I know of Catherine Doherty, and Madonna House in Peterborough. Poustinia is still a memorable read. I guess Catherine would be a saint of the diocese of Peterborough, not the archdiocese of Toronto. Although, since she began her apostolate of outreach in Cabbagetown, we could argue that Toronto had her first.
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She was trained to holiness in Toronto! 👍
 
I thought Combermere was her main place. She must be a saint for doing all that with all those biting insects swarming around there. I thought that part of Canada would be almost insect free–at least free of the biting kind. They have stuff there for that, but you don’t usually wear the gear when not working and insect repellant doesn’t seem to phase them much.
 
Insects- they do try peoples’ patience, but some of the saints seem non phased by them. Actually, Peterborough is right in the middle of all kinds of water-perfect for vacations in summer (hot daytime, cool at night), and also perfect for mosquitoes.
 
Many have been missionaries in places where mosquitos not only bit, but gave them malaria and what not.

We go sailing at Perry Lake and don’t have all the swarming biting insects Combermere has. Maybe the bugs like freshwater lakes.

Madonna house has a pretty neat program. They don’t diss Latin and they’re nice, but I wish the priests wore their clericals all the time (they wore them on the Sunday I was there and i saw a few isolated weekday cases and so I could see them as priests than camp counselors that way) and I wish the pace of life there were not so fast (I thought things would be slow and easy outside the city)

Sorry I got off-topic. How old is Toronto? It had more stuff for people to do when not checking out historic stuff, so I’m guessing it’s fairly new or it expanded at one time.
 
Toronto is just over two hundred years old. Still expanding.
 
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