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Holy Name of Jesus

Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, titular of the Congregation. Day of celebration and thanksgiving for the Daughters of Jesus. Mother Candida condenses and concentrates and designates the charismatic grace, the being of the DAUGHTERS OF JESUS in the name of Jesus. It is to resemble Him as a daughter resembles her father. […]

03 Jan

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Foundational inspiration in the Rosarillo

Mother Candida tells us what happened on April 2, 1869. “That day I prayed and waited before the altar of the Holy Family in the church of Rosarillo in Valladolid, where I worked serving in the house of the Lords of Sabater. Suddenly, as if a radiant light had been kindled in my heart, I […]

02 Apr

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Blessed Mª Antonia Bandrés (Antoñita)

Blessed María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui, was born on March 6, 1898 in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa). She entered the Novitiate of the Daughters of Jesus in Salamanca on December 8, 1915 and died there on April 27, 1919, after having offered her life for the salvation of her baptismal sponsor. She was beatified in Rome on […]

27 Apr

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Remembrance of the beatification of Candida Maria de Jesus and Maria Antonia Bandrés

The beatification, on May 12, 1996, was a moment of grace, a step of the Lord, not only for us, Daughters of Jesus, but also for many people who, in harmony with Candida Maria de Jesus and Maria Antonia Bandrés, find in them the inspiration for their Christian journey and invoke them as intercessors. They […]

12 May - 13 Oct

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Birth of St. Candida Mª de Jesús

On May 31, 1845, Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola was born in the hamlet of Berrospe, in the town of Andoain (Guipúzcoa). At the age of 26, in 1871, she founded the congregation of the Daughters of Jesus in Salamanca. From then on, her name would be Cándida Mª de Jesús. Mother Candida, as we […]

31 May

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Birth of Fr. Herranz, sj

This is the familiar name of this Jesuit priest who was born on July 5, 1819 in the city of Valladolid (Spain). In 1868, the revolution expelled the Jesuits from the Colegio Máximo de León. Miguel de los Santos San José Herranz (Fr. Herranz) decided to stay in Valladolid with his brothers. The stay among […]

05 Jul

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Immaculate Conception of Mary. Foundation of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus in 1871.

December 8, 1871 dawned early in Salamanca. From Gibraltar Street, we arrive at the Clerecía. Father Herranz was waiting for us there. On that date on which the feast of our exalted and most pure protectress is celebrated and in that temple where Salamanca honored her in an admirable way, we placed in her hands […]

20 Aug

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Feast of Our Lady of Mercy – First Perpetual Vows in the Congregation

On September 24, 1903, Mother Candida and 43 sisters professed perpetual vows in the Congregation, after having obtained pontifical approval on July 30, 1901, and on September 18, 1903, six days before profession, the approval of the Constitutions by Leo XIII, “ad experimentum” for three years.

24 Sep

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Canonization of Blessed Candida Maria de Jesus

Benedict XVI canonized Mother Candida on October 17, 2010 along with five other Blesseds: Stanislaus Kazimierczyk, Andrè Bessette, Maria della Croce MacKillop, Julia Salzano and Battista Camila Varano. Of her he said in the homily: When the Sonof Man comes to bring justice to the elect, will he find this faith on earth? (Lk. 18:18). […]

17 Oct

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Immaculate Conception of Mary. Foundation of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus in 1871.

December 8, 1871 dawned early in Salamanca. From Gibraltar Street, we arrive at the Clerecía. Father Herranz was waiting for us there. On that date on which the feast of our exalted and most pure protectress is celebrated and in that temple where Salamanca honored her in an admirable way, we placed in her hands […]

08 Dec

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Holy Name of Jesus

Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, titular of the Congregation. Day of celebration and thanksgiving for the Daughters of Jesus. Mother Candida condenses and concentrates and designates the charismatic grace, the being of the DAUGHTERS OF JESUS in the name of Jesus. It is to resemble Him as a daughter resembles her father. […]

03 Jan

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Foundational inspiration in the Rosarillo

Mother Candida tells us what happened on April 2, 1869. “That day I prayed and waited before the altar of the Holy Family in the church of Rosarillo in Valladolid, where I worked serving in the house of the Lords of Sabater. Suddenly, as if a radiant light had been kindled in my heart, I […]

02 Apr

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