Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish, as St. Josephine Bakhita (born c. , Olgossa, Darfur (now in Sudan)—died February 8, , Schio, Italy; canonized October 1, ; feast day February 8) was a Sudanese-born Roman Catholic saint who survived kidnapping and enslavement. She is the patron saint of Sudan and of victims of human trafficking.
Saint Josephine Bakhita was Josephine Margaret Bakhita (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة), FDCC (ca. – 8 February ) was a Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. In , she was declared a saint, the first black woman to receive the honor in the modern era.
We invite you to Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know.
We are pleased to welcome St Josephine Bakhita was born in , in Sudan. Her village was surrounded by palms, banana trees, fields, shrubs. Her tribe lived peacefully, working the fields. Her father was an important man in the village. As a child she was full of life and joyful, loved her brothers and helped her mother.
In 2017 Saint Josephine Mother Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in and died in Schio (Vicenza) in This African flower, who knew the anguish of kidnapping and slavery, bloomed marvelously in Italy, in response to God's grace, with the Daughters of Charity.
Josephine Bakhita Parish, Camden, on Saint Josephine, affectionately known as Bakhita (“fortunate one”), was born in the southern Sudan region of Darfur. She was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery, eventually working in Italy as a nanny for a wealthy family.
Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish in She is the patron saint of victims of human trafficking. Josephine Bakhita’s life was marked by tragedy and hardship from a young age. While working in the fields with her mother at age nine, she was captured and sold into slavery.
Eustace, the first bishop
The merger of Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish (civilly incorporated as St. Josephine Bakhita Parish), Camden into Sacred Heart Parish (civilly incorporated as The Church of the Sacred Heart), Camden. The boundaries of Sacred Heart Parish are hereby altered to the following: Start at the point the Newton Creek flows into the Delaware River.