Feast of Saint Angela Merici
Today is the feast of Saint Angela Merici, patron saint of Wilmington's Ursuline Academy and foundress of the Ursuline sisters.
Catholic Encyclopedia entry
Catholic Forum
ReflectionCatholic.org:
When she was 56, Angela Merici said "No" to the Pope. She was aware that Clement VII was offering her a great honor and a great opportunity to serve when he asked her to take charge of a religious order of nursing sisters. But Angela knew that nursing was not what God had called her to do with her life.
Ursuline SIsters Page on Angela Merici