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This playable, pliable, huggable doll from our Playful Saint Doll collection is here to befriend children and encourage them to get to know this saint as a friend and role model. The 18" soft-bodied doll is American-made, incorporating a unique molded rubber head with hand-painted features and soft rubber extremities. Its fabric costume is wonderfully personalized with accessories that describe this saint's authenticity and relevance in time and place. What a one-of-a-kind gift for Catholic children and doll collectors of every age!
Saint Rose of Lima is the patroness of Latin America and the Philippines. This South American Saint's real name was Isabel, but she was such a beautiful baby that she was called Rose, and that name remained. She was born in Lima, Peru on April 20, 1586. As she grew older, she became more and more beautiful, and one day, her mother put a wreath of flowers on her head to show off her loveliness to friends. But Rose had no desire to be admired, for her heart had been given to Jesus. So she put a long pin into that wreath and it pierced her so deeply, that she had a hard time getting the wreath off afterward. Saint Rose worked hard to support her poor parents and she humbly obeyed them, except when they tried to get her to marry. That she would not do. Her love of Jesus was so great that when she talked about Him, her face glowed and her eyes sparkled. Rose had many temptations from the devil, and there were also many times when she had to suffer a feeling of terrible loneliness and sadness, for God seemed far away. Yet she cheerfully offered all these troubles to Him. In fact, in her last long, painful sickness, this heroic young woman use to pray: "Lord, increase my sufferings, and with them increase Your love in my heart." Many miracles followed her death on August 30, 1617. She was beatified by Clement IX, in 1667, and canonized in 1671 by Clement X, the first American to be so honoured. She is represented wearing a crown of roses.
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