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BIOGRAPHY of “LITTLE ROSE” FERRON,
The Stigmatized Ecstaic of Woonsocket, R.I.
By: Fr. O. A. Boyer S.T.L. (RIP)
Mary Rose Ferron, known as little Rose, was born on the 24th of May
1902, at St-Germain de Grantham, Que. Her parents came to Fall River,
Mass., in 1905. Rose became ecstatic about that time and remained so until
her death. The Phenomenon of Weight accompanied her ecstasies. During one
of them on the 13th of April, 1929, in the presence of five witnesses,
Rose asked Our Lord if her sufferings were to last very long and repeated
the answer saying- Seven Years. She then counted on her fingers how old
she would be and stopped at thirty-three. Rose was then 26 and she died at
the age of 33.
In 1925, Rose arrived in Woonsocket, R.I., when the trouble broke out
between Bishop Hickey and the Sentinellists. At the end of 1926, the
stigmata of the flagellation appeared; during Lent of 1927 those of the
hands and feet; in November, 1927, the reception of Holy Communion without
deglutition was noticed; in January 1928, the stigmata of the thorns made
their appearance; during Lent of 1929, that of the heart; in the month of
August 1929, her eyes shed tears of blood. From that time on, each Friday,
she represented the Holy Face. Towards the end of 1929 the crown of thorns
was fully developed. In 1930 during July, the month of the Precious Blood,
the Phenomenon of the Holy Face was repeated every day. The 1st of August
1930, the stigmata disappeared, but the pains were felt with more
intensity; still on the days she suffered the most, some of her
former stigmata became purple and oozed a kind of serum.
When she died, on the 11th of May, 1939, we still could see one of the
branches of the crown and the thorn stigmata.
For more explanation, read her life, "She Wears a Crown of Thorns".
Ecstasy and stigmata are nothing but charisms and in themselves do not
sanctify. What sanctified Little Rose was her virtuous life; she loved God
so intensely that she communicated her Charity when she spoke. During life
she suffered martyrdom, with patience and joy for the good of the Church;
her soul was adorned with Christian virtues and she practiced them with
the heroism of a true Victim.
While she lived, people called on her and asked her prayers; many favors
were thus obtained. Since her death, they still call on her and the favors
continue to come; meanwhile those who invoke her are increasing in number
and some are reporting wonderful cures.
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