Juana María Condesa Lluch
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Juana María Condesa Lluch (30 March 1862 – 16 January 1916) was a
Lluch dedicated her life to the promotion of the rights of workers ever since her childhood when she first witnessed the terrible conditions of laborers. Her initiatives in Spain were aimed towards the workers and their families as a means of alleviating their burdens and championing their fundamental rights as individuals.
Life
Juana María Condesa Lluch was born in
Lluch received a good education during her childhood due to her life of wealth and her upbringing. She started her devotion to the
Cardinal Antoín Monescillo – the Archbishop of Valencia – refused her request to establish a religious congregation and said that Lluch was not old enough to contemplate establishing a congregation. In 1884 she received approval to open a shelter to provide spiritual and material assistance to workers and their families. She also opened a school for their children around the same time on 25 March 1884; she founded a congregation in 1884 around that same period.[2][4] Cardinal Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás presented her with the religious habit on 10 December 1892. On 19 March 1895 she and the first sisters made their first vows.[1] The congregation received diocesan approval on 1 July 1892 and brief papal approval from Pope Pius XI on 14 April 1937 while definitive papal approval came on 27 January 1947 from Pope Pius XII.[3] Lluch made her perpetual vows on 8 September 1911.[5] Lluch died in 1916.[4]
Beatification
The beatification process commenced under Pope Pius XII on 3 December 1953 in the informative process that granted her the title of Servant of God as the first official stage in the process. The process concluded its business of accumulating documents and interrogatories on 12 January 1956 while the process was validated in Rome decades later on 14 December 1984.
The
The required miracle – the prerequisite for beatification – was investigated in the diocese of its origin and received full validation from Roman officials on 12 November 1999. The pope approved it in 2002 and beatified Lluch on 23 March 2003.
References
- ^ a b c "Mother Juana Maria Condesa Lluch (1862–1916)". Holy See. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch". Saints SQPN. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Bl. Juana Maria Condesa Lluch". Catholic Online. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch, January 16". The Black Cordelias. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2016.