Saint Joaquina Vedruna de Mas

(1783 - 1854)

Memorial:  May 19

Also known as:  Joachina de Vedruna; Joachima de Vedruna
Memorial:  19 May

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Married to the Spanish nobleman Theodore de Mas in 1799. Mother of nine children. Widowed in 1816. Founded the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity in 1826. The Institute spread through Catalonia with the mission of caring for the sick, and teaching children. Had a great devotion to the mystery of the Holy Trinity. Suffered a slow paralysis during the last four years of her life.
 

Born:  16 April 1783 in Barcelona, Spain
Died:  1854 at Vich of cholera
Beatified:  19 May 1940
Canonized:  12 April 1959 by Pope John XXIII
Patronage:  abuse victims, death of children, exiles, widows