19 January

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Fondazione Azione Cattolica Scuola di Santità
CATHOLIC ACTION SCHOOL OF SANCTITY FOUNDATION
FUNDACIÓN ACCIÓN CATÓLICA ESCUELA DE SANTIDAD
Pio XI
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Pina Suriano

Italy
Blessed
18 February 1915, Partinico (Palermo) - 19 May 1950, Partinico (Palermo)
Liturgical memory May 19
Date of beatification 5 September 2004
Lay
Diocese Monreale
In AC In 1922 she was registered as a darling of the Catholic Women's Action, then, growing up, she became an aspirant, then an effective member. You actively attend all the initiatives of the GF of ACI, fully inserted in parish and diocesan life. In 1938 she was appointed delegate of the minor female sections and for nine years, from 1939 to 1948, secretary of the Catholic Action Section. From 1945 to 1948 she was the President of the Youth.
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From the homily of the beatification of John Paul II

«Blessed Pina Suriano loved Jesus with an ardent and faithful love, to the point of being able to write in all sincerity: "I do nothing but live on Jesus".»

Pope Leo XIV – General Audience, November 5, 2025

The recent feast of Saints
It suggests to me a reflection on the common vocation to holiness.
We are all called to be saints.
I therefore invite you to adhere more and more to Christ,
following the criteria of authenticity of which the Saints have given us the example.

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