Saint of the Day: St. Alice, 1220-1250; born near Brussels, entered a Cistercian convent at the age of 7, and remained for the rest of her life; known for her spirit of humility; contracted leprosy, paralysis, and blindness; her greatest consolation came from reception of the Holy Eucharist; patroness of the blind and the paralyzed
Saint of the Day: St. Alice, 1220-1250; born near Brussels, entered a Cistercian convent at the age of 7, and remained for the rest of her life; known for her spirit of humility; contracted leprosy, paralysis, and blindness; her greatest consolation came from reception of the Holy Eucharist; patroness of the blind and the paralyzed