In 1981, EWTN went on the air as the country’s first Catholic satellite television station. But it was on a visit to a Baptist run television station in Chicago where she famously declared “Lord, I gotta have one of these.”Īrmed with only $200, and 12 cloistered nuns with no television background, Mother turned the monastery’s garage into a television studio. As she gained popularity, Mother was frequently invited to speak to groups or on radio. To support their work, the sisters sold fishing lures and roasted peanuts, and Mother Angelica gave parlor talks, using her wit and charm to win over the audience. In those early days, survival was a challenge for Our Lady of the Angels monastery in Irondale, Alabama.

After a series of crippling ailments, she promised God if He would allow her to walk again, she would start a monastery in the South. In 1944, she entered a convent and became Sister Mary Angelica. Through them, she realized God loved her personally, and she began to love him back.

Young Rita Rizzo experienced two miracles that would shape her later life. They say God works in mysterious ways, but no one would have predicted He would choose a Poor Clare nun with no broadcasting experience to build a media empire.ĮWTN’s future foundress was born on April 20, 1923.

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