History
When Saint Mary Joseph Rossello was a girl, parents carefully saved money
as a dowry that was given to the daughter’s husband when she married, or to the
religious order she joined as a nun or religious sister. Mary Joseph’s parents
had many children and not much money, so it was very difficult for them to save
any money at all. Mary Joseph wanted to enter a convent, but without a dowry, she
couldn’t. She had to go to work. But her bishop knew she had a talent
for teaching other girls religion, so he bought a house, turned two rooms
into classrooms, and gave it to Mary Joseph and a few other women as a new
order, the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy. For 40 years, Sister Mary
Joseph led the order, and she always took in new sisters without requiring any dowry.
Activity
Dowries aren’t an issue for most women these
days, but college debt can prevent a woman from joining a religious order,
because all her debts must be paid before she enters. The Mater Ecclesiae Fund
for Vocations provides grants to women to cover their college debt so they can
enter the community God has called them to. (They also help pay the debts of
men called to become priests.) Today, please consider making a donation of any amount in honor of Saint Mary Joseph Rossello.
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