Servant of God Niña Ruiz Abad

Niña Ruiz Abad (October 31, 1979 – August 16, 1993) was a Filipino Catholic girl widely known as "the girl who always wore a rosary". She is in the process of being canonized, and is currently a Servant of God. Abad was born October 31, 1979, at Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City to a lawyer couple from Sarrat, but her father died when she was three years old. She was baptized at Santo Domingo Church on March 15, 1980. She had one sister. She attended nursery at the University of the Philippines Child Study Center in Diliman, Quezon City, and kindergarten to grade two at the Holy Angels Montessori School in the same city. In April 1988, her family transferred to Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, where her mother, Corazon Ruiz Abad, a lawyer, became the chief hearing officer of the Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems of the Department of Justice. She completed her elementary education at Mariano Marcos State University Laboratory Elementary School as a top student. She later spent her high school at the Mariano Marcos State University Laboratory High School and, one year later, at the School of the Holy Spirit in Quezon City. Abad was described as having "a strong devotion to the Eucharist and devoted her life to distributing rosaries, Bibles, prayer books, holy images, and other religious items". Because of her strong Catholic faith, which she earned from her pious mother, she became an inspiration to numerous people in Ilocos Norte and Quezon City. Bishop Mayugba emphasized Abad's popularity for her faith, saying /* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */ .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}} /* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */ In 1989, Abad was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. On August 16, 1993, she had a heart attack while at school.