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 […]