St marianne cope biography of martin

for January 23

Saint Marianne Cope was born in Germany, but emigrated to the United States when she was a young child. Her family settled in Utica, New York.

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When her father became too ill to work, Saint Marianne went to work in a factory to provide for her family. When her father passed away, and her siblings became old enough to look after the family, Saint Marianne entered into religious life, joining the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York. She taught at Assumption Parish school, which was attended by a large number of German-speaking immigrant children.

Saint Marianne also acted as superior of Saint Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse on three different occasions.

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She was appointed superior general of her congregation in 1883. Soon after her appointment, she received a plea from the Hawaiian government, looking for people to help those on the islands suffering from leprosy. Saint Marianne responded to the desperate plea