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Mary, Ark of the Covenant Chapel

The St. Raphael Center is the home of The Tour. The Center includes a gift shop, conference room, Lourdes Grotto, the studio for the Living Bread Radio Network and the Mary, Ark of the Covenant Chapel. Your tour experience includes Mass in our beautiful chapel pictured here.

The Bookstore and Gift Shop

The St. Raphael Center houses a bookstore and gift shop on its campus. Inside the store you will find a wide selection of religious items including Bibles, books, , medals, statues, and more. Tour day gives you the opportunity to browse our selection. We have bestselling books about Mother Angelica so you can take her story with you. Shop online at CatholicBook.net today. See our enclosed coupon.

Lourdes Grotto

The Lourdes Grotto is a new addition to the St. Raphael campus. It honors Our Lady’s appearance to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, France in 1858. Our Lady appeared 18 times to the young Bernadette in Lourdes, France between February and July of 1858. Take time to reflect and walk our garden that surrounds the grotto. Lourdes water is available for a donation.

“St. Raphael Center is a non-profit organization that was formed to help others find Christ alive in our lives. We want to enlighten and educate others to the depth and richness of the Catholic Faith and encourage and inspire those already Catholic to learn more about the teachings of the Catholic Faith and to pass on those teachings to our children.” Mission Statement Come See Where It All Began...

Biography

It all began in 1923 in a small home on the southeast end of Canton, Ohio. Born Rita A. Rizzo, the future Mother Angelica, grew up in a working class neighborhood during the early 1920’s a block away from her parish church.

Rita had a difficult childhood. Her father, abandoned the family before Rita was five years old. Her parents later divorced and she and her mother went to live with her maternal grandparents. Life was a struggle for both of them. Rita’s years of trial were compounded by a debilitating stomach ailment until she was healed by through a woman named Rhoda Wise. That healing set her life on a course that would ultimately change the world.

In 1981, Mother Angelica, a cloistered Franciscan nun, launched what has become the largest religious media network in the world; Eternal Word Television Network. EWTN now reaches 264 million homes in 145 countries and over 700 million homes with AM, FM, shortwave radio and internet.

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“Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it’s a requirement.” Tour the Life of Mother Angelica

St. Anthony Church Our spiritual journey begins here at St. Anthony Church where young Rita Rizzo, the future Mother Angelica, was baptized. She received her religious education at St. Anthony School during the days of the Great Depression. The Our Lady of Sorrows statue tucked in an alcove of the church had a tremendous impact on the spiritual journey of the young Rita Rizzo. There will be time for silent prayer before departing.

Mass Schedule * 1530 11th St. S.E., Canton, Ohio 44707 (330) 452-9539

Wednesday: 8:30 AM Friday: 8:30 AM Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Sunday Spanish Mass: 9:45 AM

Rhoda Wise Home and Grotto

This stop on the tour is one of the most solemn. Here, Rhoda Wise, a local mystic, was visited by Jesus Christ and St. Therese of the Little Flower. Young Rita was healed of her stomach ailment here as well. You will have time to pray and reflect at this sacred shrine to our Lord.

Hours of Operation 2337 25th St. N.E., Canton, Ohio 44705 (330) 453-0322

Monday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM First Saturday of the Month: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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St. Peter Church St. Peter Church is the home parish of Servant of God Rhoda Wise. The pastor, Msgr. George Habig was Rhoda’s spiritual advisor. Msgr. Habig took young Angelica under his wing after her healing. He helped Angelica identify a religious order that would accept her. You will see the sanctuary of this magnificent church in all its artistic splendor.

Mass Schedule* 726 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton, Ohio 44702 (330) 453-8493

Wednesday: 8:00 AM Friday: 8:30 AM Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday Mass: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Sancta Clara Monastery

This beautiful tudor estate was a generous gift to the Diocese by John and Ida O’Dea in 1944. Their only stipulation was that it was to be a place of perpetual Eucharistic adoration. Young Sr. Angelica was sent here because of health problems. Her leadership skills began to shine when the estate was transformed into a Monastery. Sr. Angelica professed solemn vows at Sancta Clara and spent 17 years of vowed life. It was here that she made her famous bargain with God, “If you allow me to walk again, I will build you a monastery in the South.”

Mass Schedule 4200 Market Ave. N., Canton, Ohio 44714 (330)492-1171

Monday: 9:00 AM Tuesday: 11:30 AM Wednesday: 9:00 AM Thursday: 9:00 AM Friday: 9:00 AM Sunday: 9:00 AM Daily Adoration: 6:30 AM - 5:45 PM

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1923

Rita A. Rizzo was born on 1943 the southeast Young Rita side of Canton, visited mystic Ohio to John and stigmatist and Mae Rizzo Rhoda Wise where she 1944 received a cure for her stomach ailment Rita entered a convent in Cleveland, Ohio and received 1946 the name Sister Mary Angelica of Due to health the Annunciation issues, Sister Angelica was assigned to the Sancta Clara 1958 Monastery in her hometown

Sister Angelica created fishing lures to raise funds for the new monastery in 1981 Alabama Mother Angelica launched the Eternal Word 2016 Television Network live After multiple from Alabama health issues, Mother Mary Angelica (Rita Rizzo) went home to be with the Lord Photos are Property of the Mother Angelica Tour Rita Rizzo’s Life at a Glance Plan Your Tour with Area Deals

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