FR. W. O'SULLIVAN, O.S.A.,
VICAR PROVINCIAL.
CORK, Feast of St. Patrick, 1903.
Imprimatur:
HERBERTUS CARDINALIS VAUGHAN,
ARCHIEPISCOPUS WESTMONASTERIENSIS.
CONTENTS
PART I
RITA IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER
I. [CASCIA: A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY]
II. [RITA'S PARENTS]
III. [RITA'S WONDERFUL CONCEPTION]
IV. [RITA'S BIRTH]
V. [THE WHITE BEES OF ST. RITA]
VI. [RITA'S CHILDHOOD]
VII. [RITA'S LOVE OF RETIREMENT]
VIII. [RITA'S MARRIAGE]
IX. [RITA AS WIFE]
X. [DEATH OF RITA'S HUSBAND AND CHILDREN—RITA AS WIDOW]
PART II
RITA IN THE CLOISTER
I. [RITA'S MIRACULOUS ENTRY INTO THE CLOISTER AND HER RECEPTION]
II. [RITA AS NOVICE—HER PROFESSION]
III. [RITA'S CHARITY]
IV. [OTHER VIRTUES WHICH RITA PRACTISED IN THE CLOISTER]
V. [RITA'S OBSERVANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS VOWS]
VI. [RITA'S PENANCES]
VII. [RITA'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER]
VIII. [A THORN FROM THE SAVIOUR'S CROWN OF THORNS WOUNDS RITA'S FOREHEAD]
IX. [RITA GOES TO ROME TO GAIN THE INDULGENCE OF THE JUBILEE]
X. [RITA'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH]