Overview of the Life of Luisa Piccarreta
April 23, 1865
Luisa’s birth and Baptism on Sunday «in albis» (exactly 130 years later Pope John Paul II proclaimed this day «Divine Mercy Sunday»).
April 23, 1874
At the age of 9 on Sunday «in albis» Luisa receives her first Communion and Confirmation. She begins to hear Jesus’ voice. 1878: At the age of 13, Luisa receives her first vision of Jesus carrying the Cross who implores her, «Soul, help Me»!
1881
At the age of 16, Luisa accepts the state of victimhood and is intermittently confined to bed. 1882: At the age of 17, Luisa composes the Christmas Novena that she would recite every year for the rest of her life.
November, 1887
At the age of 22 Luisa is definitively confined to bed.
October 16, 1888
At the age of 23 Luisa experiences her first nuptial of spiritual marriage on earth.
September 7, 1889
At the age of 24, Luisa experiences her second nuptial of spiritual marriage in heaven, i.e., the gift of Living in the Divine Will in which Jesus takes possession of Luisa’s heart. Several days later, the Trinity confirms Luisa and establishes in her heart its divine indwelling. Undated Entry: Luisa experiences her third nuptial, the spiritual marriage of the Cross.
February 28, 1899
At the age of 33 in obedience to her confessor, Luisa begins to write.
November 16, 1900
At the age of 35, Luisa experiences her fourth nuptial in which she takes possession of Jesus’ heart, receives three divine breaths, and embarks on becoming centered in the Divine Will and on possessing it entirely and completely.
November 12, 1925
Pope Pius XI institutes the Feast of Christ the King.
October 7, 1928
At the age of 63 Luisa moves into the Sisters of the Divine Zeal Orphanage in Corato.
August 31, 1938
Three of Luisa’s works are placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, beside those of Faustina Kowalska and Antonio Rosmini – all of which were eventually rehabilitated by the Church.
October 7, 1938
At the age of 73, Luisa leaves the Sisters of the Divine Zeal Orphanage. Rev. Benedetto Calvi relocates Luisa to Via Magdalena where she would spend her final years.
December 28, 1938
Luisa’s writes her last volume (the 36th volume).
March 4, 1947
After a short bout with pneumonia — the only diagnosable illness of her life — Luisa Piccarreta dies.
November 20, 1994
Opening of Luisa’s Cause for Beatification; she receives the title Servant of God.
October 29, 2005
Luisa’s Cause of Beatification concludes its diocesan iter.
