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St.Marissa Jordan of Florida Born:November 28 2000 Died:November 28 2000 Cause of Death:Old Age Canonized:3000

__Information about St.Marissa__ St.Marissa's feast day is November 29, because it was the day after she died.She is patron of abused kids, kids who've lost loved ones and kids with disabilities. She is patron saint of this because she has helped and taken care of so many children, rich and poor.

__Early Life__ When Marissa was five, she donated all of her toys to the needy and gave them 300 dollars to metropolitan ministries and St.Judes hospital.When Marissa was ten she decided to help her mom take care of the sick children by reading books and playing board games with them.When Marissa turned twelve she went to Africa for her birthday and put clothes,shoes,and socks on the children in need of them.Then she gave each family a week of supply of food.When Marissa was in Africa, she saw this six month old baby girl, naked and without proper food.She took it upon herself to bathe the child and give it the right nutrition.Then without a doubt she decided to call home and ask if they would like to adopt a child.Luckily her aunt said yes.So when returning the baby girl went with her back to america.Just before returning Home Marissa donated 10,000 dollars toward the early child hood center.

__Three Events Leading Up to Her Saint Hood:__ At age twenty-five Marissa became a psychiatrist and because of her wonderful work she decreased the the suicide rate in Florida by three percent.When Marissa was forty, she became a part time pediatrician. She solved and cured twenty different cases which were fatal decease's in which could of killed half our her patients. When Marissa was eighty-five years old she spent her time visiting children's hospital and praying for them.She also did some missionary work.