Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas was a Palestinian Catholic nun born in Jerusalem in 1843. After joining the Sisters of St. Joseph at age fourteen, she spent time teaching catechism in Bethlehem. She is most recognized for establishing the Rosary Sisters in 1880, which became the first Palestinian religious congregation. Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to social and religious service, including founding a school in Beit Sahour and an orphanage in Ein Karem. She died in 1927 on the Feast of the Annunciation.