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Maria Angelica dell’Eucaristia

Mother Maria Angélica da Eucaristia (Order of Discalced Carmelites), born Sophia Maria Esteves de Mello on 23 December 1931 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, was a woman of deep spirituality, with an unconditional love for the Church and a total dedication to consecrated life. From a young age, she displayed a sensitivity to the spiritual dimension, characterised by a spirit of prayer, service and charity.  In 1950, she entered the Carmel of Our Lady of Aparecida in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and made her Solemn Profession in 1955. In 1977, she was sent to found the Carmel of Mary, Mother of the Church and Paul VI in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, where she lived a life of recollection, forming new vocations and providing spiritual support for priests, religious individuals, and the faithful. She died on 2 June 2018 in a tragic accident while carrying out an act of charity in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, on the Saturday dedicated to the Virgin Mary, thus crowning a life entirely given to God and neighbour.


Cecilia Maria del Volto Santo

Cecilia Maria Sánchez Sorondo was born on 5 December 1973 in San Martín de Los Andes (Argentina), the second of ten siblings. She was noted for her great ability to relate to others and always showed concern for people: in particular, her compassion directed her towards the most forgotten. During her fifth year of high school, she perceived the call to Carmel, through her familiarity with St. Teresa of Jesus. After completing her studies at the School of Nursing, she entered the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of Santa Fe on 8 December 1997. In 2015 she was diagnosed with cancer, but she faced it with joy and serenity, considering it an opportunity to further consecrate herself to Christ. Despite heavy treatment in Buenos Aires, she maintained a spirit of gratitude and tenderness, living her illness with simplicity and dedicating her time to consoling and encouraging others. Cecilia Maria died on 23 June 2016 in a reputation of holiness, leaving a legacy of joy and hope, which was also shared on social media. Her life and illness are a heartwarming testimony of Christian faith and love.

On 23 February 2025, the diocesan inquest on the ‘life, virtues, fame of holiness and signs’ will be initiated at the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites of Santa Fe.


Francesco di San Giuseppe

Franciszek was born in Warsaw on 3 December 1917. In 1935, he got his Diploma in Grammar School classics and he began to study and work in his father’s tailor shop. On 13 March 1944 he entered the Noviciate of the Discalced Carmelites in Czerna.

His parents and siblings were surprised at his decision to enter the Order as he had never shown any signs of such an inclination before this.  However, as they were familiar with his high ideals and his determination to achieve any goals he set himself, they did appreciate this latest decision.  His father, being aware of his talents as a tailor, joked that he would now be able to patch and mend the friars’ habits in the monastery.  Jerzy reminded his father of this in a letter from Czerna later on.  During his noviciate he offered himself as a sacrifice for his family living in Warsaw, that God would allow them to survive the war.  On 24 August 1944, he himself was shot dead by the Nazis in the forest of Siedice, a few kilometres from Czerna.

The process for his Beatification, together with other martyrs, was opened on 17 September 2003.


Martiri di Segorbe-Castellon (Eleuterio di Maria SS.ma e 33 Compagni)

Andrea Corsini della Vergine del Pilar (Miguel Palomar Martín) 1887-1936; Fernando di S. Teresa (Mariano Górriz Martínez) 1882-1936; Eusebio di Gesù (Eusebio Galindo Zurdo) 1887-1936; Edoardo della Vergine dei Derelitti (José Sanchís Navarro) 1913-1936; Roberto della Vergine del Pilar (Juan Ichaso Montes) 1913-1936; Francesco di Gesù Bambino (Justo Vivó Huguet) 1895-1936; Angelo Maria della S. Famiglia (Bautista Broch Carda) 1890-1936; Ollegario di S. Giuseppe (Miguel Reanu Tomás) 1897-1936; Angelico della Vergine del Carmine (Sabiniano Cabañas Mecoleta) 1903-1936; Placido della Vergine del Pilar (Plácido Prats Pastor) 1865-1936; Michele del S. Cuore (Miguel Artola Avila) 1875-1936; Giuseppe Raimondo della Vergine del Pilar (Mariano Palomar Martín) 1885-1936; Gonzalo di S. Cecilia (José Huguet Diago) 1884-1936; Ezechiele dell’Immacolata (Enrique Miguel Enguídanos) 1906-1936; Germano di S. Raffaele (José Lluch Castellet) 1897-1936; Redento di Gesù Maria e Giuseppe (José Torrijos Jarabo) 1883-1936; Guglielmo della S. Eucaristia (Manuel Alcaraz Llop) 1907-1936; Riccardo del S. Cuore (Francisco Planelles Granell) 1884-1936; Manuel di Maria e Giuseppe (Vicente Casalta Broch) 1887-1936; Giacobino di Gesù Bambino (José Sola Traite) 1867-1936; Carmelo Amato del S. Cuore (Isidro Pachés Pascual) 1860-1936; Giovanni di Dio della Vergine (Juan de Dios Gil Bielza) 1858-1936; Raimondo di Maria Santissima (Pascual Amorós Amal) 1880-1936; Stefano del S. Cuore (Manuel Prats Pastor) 1858-1936; Martino dell’Eucaristia (Miguel Rovira Mas) 1900-1936; Ernesto della Vergine della Salute (Julián Medes Ferris) 1890-1936; Ludovico del Cuore di Gesù (Antonio Viciedo Moreno) 1901-1936; Vincenzo Domenico della S. Famiglia (Vicente Medes Ferris) 1888-1936; Ruggero di S. Cecilia (José Bonell Calvo) 1914-1936; Giovanni Croce della Vergine del Pilar (Juan Zaragoza Cádiz) 1910-1937; Virgilio della Transverberazione (Virgilio Ferrer Sanjuan) 1862-1936. Una monaca OCD: Salvatora dei Santi Re (Salvadora Marí García) 1876-1936. Un laico OCDS: Francesco Granell Felis 1889-1936.

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