ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, IN THE SQUARE OF THE BASILICA of St. Stephen in Budapest, Hungary, the beatification will take place of Servant of God Sara Salkahazi of the Institute of the Sisters of Assistance. The future Blessed was born in Kassa (today Kosice in Slovakia) in 1899, and murdered in 1944 as she tried to protect a group of Jewish people during the Second World War.
Also on Sunday, September 17, in the cathedral of Brescia, Italy, the beatification will take place of Servant of God Mose Tovini. Born in Cividate Camuno, Italy, the oldest of eight children, he was ordained a priest of the diocese of Brescia in 1904, entering the Congregation of Oblates. The passion of his life was catechesis. He died in 1930.
More on Sr. Sara from her order’s website
Church officials highlighted Salkahazi’s modest middle-class roots,
saying she will be first Hungarian to be beatified who is not royalty or a member of the country’s aristocracy.
Before taking her religious vows in 1930, Salkahazi worked as a bookbinder, journalist and newspaper editor.
Salkahazi’s deeds were recognized in 1972 by Yad Vashem.
On Fr. Tovini, from the Brescia diocesan website – in Italian.
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