Blessed Catherine Kasper, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, is seen in an undated photo. Born in 1820 in Dernbach, Germany, she will be canonized Oct. 14 at the Vatican. (CNS / Courtesy of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ)
by Maxine Kollasch
Contributor
In the same year that the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ are marking the 150th anniversary of their congregation in the United States, they learned that their founder, Blessed Catherine Kasper, is to be canonized Oct. 14 at the Vatican. In March, Srs. Connie Bach and Michele Dvorak of the Poor Handmaids in Donaldson, Indiana, spoke with A Nun's Life Ministry about the German-born Kasper's spiritual legacy of courage and practical action. "We say that no gift is too small. It comes from one of her quotes that everything done for God is great; nothing that is done in God's name is small."
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