![]() ![]() Though Rita's character and piety were recognized, her husband's association with the family feud was greatly feared. One year later, her prayers were answered when both of her sons fell prey to dysentery and died.įollowing the deaths of her sons, Rita attempted to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cascia, but she was not allowed to join. Rita prayed to God, asking Him to take her sons before they lost their souls to the mortal sin of murder. ![]() Rita attempted to stop them, but both of her sons were determined to revenge their slain father. Under their uncle's leadership, each boy became more and more like their father had been before Rita married him, and they wanted to avenge their father's murder. Unfortunately, the feud between the Mancini and Cascia family grew turbulent and one of Paolo's allies betrayed and killed him.įollowing her husband's death, Rita gave his murderers a public pardon, but Paolo's brother, Bernardo, was still angry and encouraged Rita's two sons, Giovanni Antonio and Paulo Maria, to join the feud. He even renounced a family feud between the Mancinis and Chiquis. ![]() Paolo had many enemies in Cascia, but Rita's influence over him eventually led him to be a better man. He was also known to pursue other women and he had many enemies. In anger, he often mistreated Rita verbally and physically. Young Rita became a wife and mother at only twelve years of age and her husband was a man of violent temper. Rather than being alarmed, her family believed she was marked to be virtuous and devoted to God.Īt an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent but was instead arranged to be married to a cruel man named Paolo Mancini. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by a swarm of white bees, which went in and out of her infant mouth without hurting her. Matt Trowbridge: article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: IHSA football: Chicago St.Saint Rita was born Margherita Lotti in Roccaporena, Italy in 1381. That’s put us into a track where guys work hard and we continue to improve.” “We have now had three undefeated seasons in the past few years. “Hopefully, our program continues to advance,” Zimmerman said. Hononegah has now gone undefeated in the regular season three of the last four full seasons after having done so only once previously in school history. “They are great multi-sport athletes and able to play on both sides of the ball for us all year and make us the team that we are,” Zimmerman said.Ĭlass 1A: Star back's career game leads Lena-Winslow past Fulton and into football semifinals Zimmerman also singled out Goodwine and Drake Emanuel, who like Sayles are both two-way starters and played on Hononegah’s state semifinal baseball team last spring. He ran three times for 48 yards, caught two passes for 26 yards and had team highs of 8.5 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss on defense. Hononegah was also only 1-of-11 on third down and 1-of-4 on fourth down until its final TD drive in the game’s final minutes, when it converted one of each.ĭylan Sayles led Hononegah. Rita held Hale to 18 yards on eight carries. Ulatowski also ran six times for 103 yards. Rita outgained Hononegah 440 yards to 215. ![]()
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