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Tag: St Josephine Bakhita
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Josephine Bakhita
St Josephine Bakhita (1869 – 1947) was born into a relatively wealthy family in Darfur, Sudan. She had three brothers and three sisters and “lived a very happy and carefree life, without knowing what suffering was”. Around the age of 8yrs, St Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped by slave traders and forced to walk barefooted to El Obeid…
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8th February: St Josephine Bakhita
Featured Saint: St Josephine Bakhita (ca 1869-1947) St Josephine Bakhita was born into a relatively wealthy family in Darfur, Sudan. She had three brothers and three sisters and “lived a very happy and carefree life, without knowing what suffering was”. However, around the age of 8yrs she was kidnapped by slave traders and forced to…