ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 27th of April WELCOME! SAINT MOTHER LUPITA OF GUADALAJARA Saint Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, known as ‘Mother Lupita’... was born in 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Her father was a religious store merchant, whose store was located in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan. Hence St Maria made frequent visits to this Basilica and grew in her devotion to Our Lady. THE CALL TO RELIGIOUS LIFE Although initially she planned to marry Gustavo Arreola, she broke off the engagement because she felt called to religious life, and believed that she was called to give assistance to the poor and the sick. THE HANDMAIDS OF ST MARGARET MARY AND THE POOR In 1901 St Maria co-founded a new Congregation known as the ‘Handmaids of St Margaret Mary and the Poor’. St Maria worked as a nurse and regardless of the poverty of the patients, compassion and care for the physical and spiritual well-being of the sick was her primary conce...