Cándida María de Jesús (31 May 1845 – 9 August 1912) – born Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola – was a

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and the founder of the

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. The order - founded in 1871 - was under Jesuit direction from her

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and was involved with the education of children in

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though expanded during her lifetime. Barriola was canonized as a saint on 17 October 2010.

Life

Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola was born in mid-1845 as the eldest of seven children to the weavers Juan Miguel Cipitria and María Jesús Barriola. Her father was a weaver. Rather than attend school she helped look after her siblings because she was the eldest child. She received her Confirmation on 5 August 1848 and made her First Communion in 1855. At a young age, she went to

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to help support the household and worked as a domestic servant in various homes. Barriola was affected to a great degree from the depth of the poor conditions that she witnessed in a place undergoing the social effects of the

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in her native land. The Jesuit

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Miguel José Herranz advised her on her path ahead and at his advice started a number of charitable and educations programs; the two met in

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in 1868. Barriola believed that she experienced a vision of

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on 26 March 1869 on Good Friday. On 8 December 1871 - alongside five companions - she founded the

and she assumed the religious name: "Cándida María de Jesús". The nun founded the congregation for the education of children and the advancement of the women in

. The congregation received diocesan approval from the

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. Herranz collaborated with her as she wrote the constitutions for the order which received the decree of praise from

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on 6 August 1901; full papal approval came from Pope Pius X after her death in 1913. Barriola was a contemplative religious and was immersed in

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who spent long hours before the

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where she became serene even in trials and suffering. Her motto for life was: "I am for God alone". Barriola died in 1912. In 2005 her order had 1116 religious in 114 houses in countries such as the

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and the

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Canonization

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and she became titled as a Servant of God. The informative phase received validation in

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from the

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on 7 October 1982 while later receiving the

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dossier from the postulation in 1989. Theologians approved this dossier on 12 March 1993 as did the C.C.S. on 22 June 1993; the confirmation of her

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allowed

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to title her as

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on 6 July 1993. The miracle for beatification was investigated in Spain and received C.C.S. validation on 17 December 1983; the medical experts approved it on 22 June 1994 as did theologians on 28 October 1994 and the C.C.S. on 10 January 1995. John Paul II approved this miracle on 6 April 1995 and beatified the late religious on 12 May 1996 in Saint Peter's Square. Another miracle needed for her to become a saint was investigated again in Spain and it received C.C.S. validation on 10 June 2005 before medical experts approved it on 25 September 2008. Theologians likewise approved this miracle on 7 March 2009 as did the C.C.S. on 16 June 2009.

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approved this miracle on 3 July 2009 and canonized her as a saint on 17 October 2010.

References

External links

Hagiography Circle

Saints SQPN

Stella Maris Academy of Davao
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