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Blessed Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa

Also known as

• Sister María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament
• Manuelita (nickname)

Memorial

• 22 July

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Fifth of eight children in her family. Nun, entering the of the Hail Mary in Los Angeles, California in 1929, making her perpetual vows on 14 December 1933 and living a cloistered life. Founder of the Congregations of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in August 1945 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; it received papal approval in 1949 and 1951. Founder of the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church. By the time of her death she was over-seeing 36 missionary houses in 14 countries. Over 6,000 of her writings survive.

Born

• 7 July 1904 in Ixtlán del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico

Died

• 22 July 1981 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 3 April 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 21 April 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

Additional Information

• other sites in english
  • All Saints and Martyrs
  • Hagiography Circle
• fonti in italiano
  • Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
  • Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 July 2023. Web. 16 January 2025. <>