Richard Challoner School

Stigmata? What’s That?

"Did you know some saints, venerables, and blesseds physically experienced Jesus’s wounds?

The word stigmata comes from the Greek word for physical punctures and wounds. Certain saints experienced the Stigmata, a phenomenon when Jesus’s wounds are miraculously placed on a person’s body."

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Question to ponder: Why do you think the stigmata is conferred on people?

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