#julia greeley

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The Servant of God Julia Greeley, a formerly enslaved person who became a prominent member of her parish after being baptized on June 26th 1880, who lovingly served her community despite her arthritis, who took Communion daily and was an avid proponent to devotion to the Sacred Heart, and who passed away on June 7th, may be a particularly good intercessor today, which is simultaneously Juneteenth and the liturgical celebration of Corpus Christi in many parts of the United States, right in the middle of Sacred Heart month.

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Julia Greeley - Wikipedia

Julia Greeley - Wikipedia

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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.”

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Former slave Julia Greeley first to be buried at Denver's Cathedral - Denver Catholic

In what was a historic first for the Archdiocese of Denver, the exhumed remains of a potential saint were laid to rest at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception …

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