Meet St. Gianna Beretta Molla! St. Gianna Beretta Molla (April 28th) Patron of: mothers, physicians, families, wives, unborn children . "The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what He is sending us every day in His goodness." -St. Gianna Beretta Molla . St. Gianna Beretta Molla was a wife, mother and doctor. She lived out all three of her vocations with faith and grace. When she became pregnant with her fourth and final child, a tumor was found on her uterus during the second month of pregnancy. Unwilling to sacrifice the baby to save her own life, St. Gianna instead opted for the riskier option of surgically removing only the tumor.