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The Story of Saint Rafqa
A true story told in simple words: a girl from Lebanon who chose a life of prayer, taught children, protected a child in danger, and received care from her sisters during years of illness.
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Read-aloud narration by an openly licensed voice model. Illustrations are original composite scenes, not historical footage.
About this story
These scenes are imaginative illustrations, not historical footage. Her experience before the icon and her dream are reported inner experiences. Some kitchen and knitting scenes are composites, not recorded afternoons. Rafqa sought medical care; children should tell a trusted adult when they are hurting. The final narrated page offers four points of reflection.
Sources: Holy See biography, Saint Rafqa Monastery biography, monastery history, and 2001 canonization homily.