BL. MARIA JOSEFA ALHAMA Y VALERA, FOUNDRESS

BL. MARIA JOSEFA ALHAMA Y VALERA, FOUNDRESS - 8 FEBRUARY

BL. MARIA JOSEFA ALHAMA Y VALERA, FOUNDRESS

Maria Josefa was born on September 30, 1893 in Santomera, Murcia, Spain, to poor parents as the eldest of nine children. She received the name Maria Josefa in honour of her grandmother.

At the age of 21 she became a member of the Congregation of the Daughters of Calvary in Villena. She took the name Mother Hope of Jesus (Madre Speranza di Gesù). This holy sister established two of her own orders in 1930 and in 1951 for women and for men respectively.

In the 1950s she decided to begin a project that she believed represented the will of God: the construction of a sanctuary that would be dedicated to the love of God. On November 22, 1981, Pope John Paul II visited the sanctuary and visited Valera. In 1982, the pope recognised it as being a "minor basilica". Maria Josefa died in February 1983 and was buried in the very church she worked so hard to build.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Josefa_Alhama_y_Valera

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Blessed Maria Josefa may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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