Sister Annella: A Saint for Our Times (Two Biographies in One: Ticket for Eternity & An Apostle of Suffering)

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by James Aloysius Kritzeck

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TWO Biographies in ONE! Ticket for Eternity was published in 1957. James Aloysius Kritzeck, PhD was asked to produce a carefully annotated biography. Dr. Kritzeck was born in St. Cloud, MN and an alumnus of St. John’s at Collegeville, MN. He went on to Princeton and Harvard and authored important works as a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton Theological Seminary. - An Apostle of Suffering was a short sketch published in various venues from 1926-1946, by Fr. Joseph Kreuter, OSB (1883-1963). “Jesus, send me more pain, but give me the strength to bear it!” Don’t waste your suffering. Sister Annella certainly didn’t. When offered to God, sacrifices of love draw you closer to Christ and can help others, as well. Sister Annella, born Anna Zervas, became a Benedictine sister on July 11, 1922, giving her life to Christ. She died shortly thereafter in 1926 after heroically embracing intense suffering, the result of an incurable disease, Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris, which turns sets the skin on fire. through illness. She offered her pain to God for the Church and the world. She invites us to do the same with our own sacrifices.

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