The Fifteen Thursdays to Saint Rita - a devotion that is always relevant!

The Fifteen Thursdays in preparation for the feast of Saint Rita (May 22) arose from popular devotion as a way of commemorating the fifteen years during which the Saint bore on her forehead the stigmata of one of Christ’s thorns. Father Giustino Casciano, the current Provincial of the Italian Augustinian Community, in reviving this form of popular prayer, highlights its value for evangelization and growth in Christian life - values that remain valid and relevant in every age.
The book, entitled “Saint Rita. The Fifteen Thursdays and Novena,” also offers the novena to Saint Rita, the Supplication, and several prayers.
Pope Francis called Saint Rita the “patron saint of impossible things.” The prayers collected in this volume, with its convenient and practical format, allow readers to express their devotion to her and ask for her powerful intercession. Through these pages, those who are already devoted to Saint Rita can once again savor the sweetness of turning to her, while those who wish to learn about her can discover the power of her intercession.

We offer a bouquet of roses to the Saint of the Impossible!

Saint Rita is known as “the Saint of the Impossible”: through her intercession, she obtains wondrous graces from God.
Mauro Papalini, a passionate historian of the Poor Clares, brings together in the book “A Bouquet of Roses for Saint Rita” six novenas and four tridua, along with a small anthology of prayers to the Saint, including the Supplication and the litanies.
The richness and beauty of the text lie in the vast variety of prayers that make it possible to entrust oneself to Saint Rita in any situation: the novenas and tridua express requests for intercession, as well as praise and thanksgiving for the many graces that Saint Rita is always ready to grant to those who turn to her with faith. The book also offers a concise biographical profile of Saint Rita, allowing even those who do not know her, or know little about her, to draw closer to this remarkable figure.
The convenient and practical format adds value to this booklet; moreover, the elegant design, enhanced by the beautiful photos of the Basilica of Saint Rita of Cascia, makes these pages truly precious!