Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa
Roman Catholic Church | |
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Beatified | 21 April 2012, Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Feast | 22 July |
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa (7 July 1904 – 22 July 1981), also known by her
Espinosa's beatification was celebrated in Mexico on 21 April 2012 with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.[3]
Life
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa was born in Mexico in 1904 as the fifth of eight children to the pious Eustaquio Arias Arroniz and María Espinosa López Portillo.[1][3] She made her First Communion in 1911.[2]
Her religious calling blossomed in 1924 after attending a religious congress from 5–12 October 1924 and received inspiration after reading an
Espinosa entered the Ave Maria" convent in Los Angeles on 5 June 1929. Espinosa made her initial vows on 12 December 1930.[3] She made her perpetual vows on 14 December 1933 and took the religious name María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament; she lived cloistered until 1949.[1] On 23 August 1945 Espinosa founded the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Cuernavaca in Morelos and received the papal decree of praise in 1949 and the full approval of Pope Pius XII on 22 June 1951.[2]
Her next and final order founded was titled the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church and was established on 23 November 1979 in
Espinosa died in Rome in 1981. Over six thousand of her spiritual writings still remain.[1] Her first order now operates in places such as Ireland and Indonesia while the second operates in Sierra Leone.[3]
Beatification
The beatification process first had to receive the decree that transferred the competent forum from the
The official dossier – known as the
The process for the investigation of an alleged miracle opened in Guadalajara on 26 October 2002. The miracle in question involved the 2001[3] healing of the child Franciscan Javier Carrillo Guzmán who had drowned in his pool.[2] The medical board voted in favor of the miracle on 27 May 2010 while a board of theologians followed suit on 15 January 2011; the Congregation for the causes of Saints voted in favor of the miracle as well on 21 June 2011 and passed it onto Benedict XVI on 27 June 2011 for his approval.
Espinosa's beatification was celebrated on 21 April 2012 in Mexico. The delegate that presided at the beatification was Cardinal
References
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa". Saints SQPN. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mother Maria Inés Teresa Beatified in Mexico City". Zenit. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Blessed María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament (Manuela Jesus Arias Espinosa)". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 25 July 2016.