The new documentary underlines the life of the servant of God Julia Greeley

CNA employee, July 20, 2025 / 06:00 a.m.

A new, short documentary tells the history of the servant of God Julia Greeley, also known as the Verse angel of charity, who was born in the slavery near Hannibal, Missouri.

“Julia Greeley: servant of the holy heart” contains interviews with Father Blaine Burkey, of M Cap, who wrote a book about Greeley's life. Mary Leiring, President of Julia Greeley Guild; Father Eric Zegeer, pastor of the parish of Sacred Heart in Denver, Greeley's community; And Jean Torkelson, Managing Director of Julia Greeley Home, a non -profit organization in Denver, who serves women in need.

In the 13-minute documentary, the interviewed Greeley's deep faith, their charity acts and their courageous reaction to the challenges that were presented all their lives.

When she was a child while her master hit her mother, his whip Greeley fell and destroyed her. After being freed in 1865, she spent her time to serve poor families, mainly in Denver.

In 1880 Greeley joined the Catholic Church in Sacred Heart Parish in Denver. She visited the daily mass and had a deep devotion to the blessed sacrament, the holy heart of Jesus and the blessed virgin Mary.

In 1901 she joined the secular Franciscan regulations and was known for her commitment to the people in her community and brought them things that they needed. Although she had arthritis, she went countless miles to collect and distribute alms and spread the devotion to the holy heart of Jesus.

Greely died on June 7, 1918, and her cause for cancellation was opened by the Archdiocese of Denver in 2016.

Burkey is a retired priest in the Archdiocese of Denver. As a scholar and expert for the life of Greeley, he described in an interview with CNA as a “very eager person”.

“Despite all the problems that people gave her, she turned it over and spent no time to worry about it,” he said.

The priest also emphasized that under Greeley's many charitable acts “every time she had money left to take care of herself [instead] took care of the arms “and” she didn't spend her life once or to try or get [seek] Revenge or the like. “

He said he hoped that the faithful would “encourage the message that they should not deal with revenge, but with mercy.”

“Julia Greeley: servant of the holy heart” can be viewed free of charge on YouTube.