Little Katherine started her schooling on May 8, 1826.according to her own account she was frail and delicate health and could not attend classes regularly. But when she was able to present she displayed such zeal and comprehension that the teacher who became aware of her intelligent answers remarked on one occasion, "Katherine, if you could be here regularly, you could be my best student'.
Nevertheless, as talented she was, she did not like all subjects. In an intimate conversation late she revealed in later years "I had preference for religion and reading and did not care for anything else. "She quickly and easily understood religious instructions and even as child could faithfully repeat what she had heard, so that if
her parents so desired she would climb on chair and recite parts of the sermon heard in the church.
The innocent receptive soul of the child was strangely moved whenever the topic of religious instructions touched upon vocation to the religious life, community practices and vows – unusual at a time of dormant faith and community practices and vows. At such periods a fervent love for God and an intense desire for complete dedication to Him filled the soul of Katherine. Few people of her environment had an understanding for such things and were baffled by her.
"Give me, O Lord, a strong will and perceiving zeal to live and work according to all the principles of our Holy Faith" (Bl. Mary Katherine Kasper)
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I thank you Sr. Jessy for your love for our dear Foundress and for taking the time to learn more about her life, in order to share it with those wo are interested in promiting growth through our own examples, instructions and prayer.
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