In each patient encounter or opportunity to serve our Catholic health ministry, we are called to promote and defend human dignity. As we do, our lives are changed. Even the most tragic human experiences summon us to serve in powerful ways, bringing about good in the world. Such was the life of St. Josephine. From years of slavery and abuse in Sudan, St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita discovered a call to serve human trafficking survivors. She was enslaved around the age of seven and was sold three times over the course of 12 years. The impact of trauma was so fierce it caused her to forget her own name, and kidnappers named her Bakhita, meaning “fortunate one.”
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