Jun 7, 2019
Well over a hundred years ago, on Aug. 2, the Feast of Our Lady of Angels of the Portiuncula, the Servant of God Julia Greeley (who was an ex-slave) crossed the street from St. Elizabeth Church to Mrs. Fisher’s grocery and café to get something to eat. Mary, the kitchen girl had already finished the dishes and tidied up. “Oh, get something for Julia anyhow,” Mrs. Fisher told her. “All right,” said Mary, “but you’ll have to pray for me, Julia.” That prompted Julia to say, “Mary, I’ll put you in a canoe with a lot of others I pray for. But I’ll pray special for Mrs. Fisher, all by herself.”
