This week in Christian history: Reginald Pole consecrated; Mother Angelica dies
Mother Angelica dies – March 27, 2016
This week marks the anniversary of Mother Angelica's death in 2016 on Easter Sunday at the age of 92. She is the nun who founded the Eternal Word Television Network.
Born Rita Rizzo in Canton, Ohio, she entered a convent in 1944 and became Sister Mary Angelica, founding a monastery in Irondale, Alabama, after surviving a series of serious illnesses.
In 1981, Mother Angelica launched EWTN, reportedly the first Catholic satellite television station in the United States, initially broadcasting from the garage of her monastery.
"Known as 'mother to millions' to her EWTN family, she untiringly exhorted all to pursue holiness by living with God in the present moment,” stated Mother Dolores Marie, superior of the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery at the time.
“We are grateful for your prayers for this courageous daughter of the Church and your support of EWTN, the media network that she founded for the salvation of souls. May our beloved Mother Angelica, Foundress of EWTN, enter through the Mercy of God into the joy of Heaven.”
