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Saint Rose of Lima Chapel
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St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), a member of the Third
Order of St. Dominic, was the first female saint of
the New World. She lived during the same time as St.
Turibius who confirmed her. Known for providing the
first social services in Peru, she took the sick,
elderly and poor into her own home and cared for them.
Together with Saints Turibius, Martin de Porres, John
Macias, and Francis Solanus, she represented the flowering
of sanctity from that period in Peru.
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Built for the Josephinum’s sisters, who served
at the seminary until the late 1950s, the chapel features
small, but fine, stained glass windows. Each window
represents a virtue appropriate to the consecrated
religious life of the sisters.
The chapel is beautifully preserved and has never
required restoration; thereby, maintaining the religious
and stylistic integrity of its appointments.
The statues on the altar are more than 100 years
old and came from the old Josephinum.
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The chapel is now used by the resident priests, the
Serra Club and seminarians for prayer. On First Fridays,
the Serrans hold Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
and pray for vocations.
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Father David Becherer, Class of 1948, donated the
beautiful painting of St. Rose that hangs in the chapel.
She is holding the infant Jesus, representing the
depth of her mystical prayer and deep love for the
Savior. She expressed this love by tenderly caring
for the weakest and most vulnerable of the mystical
body, the poor, sick and dying who lived in the streets
of Lima.
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