that little window<\/a> with unction, gratitude and affection.<\/p>\n\nIt can also help us to remember our origin, where I was born? does that place still exist? what do I feel when I pass by it again or think about it? what \u201clittle windows\u201d indicate who I am? from what \u201clittle windows\u201d do I open myself to Life? <\/strong><\/p>\n\nPlaque above the window of the room where Juana Josefa was born.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n\n
Juana Josefa’s Home<\/h2>\n\n About the place where M. Candida was born, we also have a beautiful testimony of M. Natalia Bandr\u00e9s El\u00f3segui. C\u00e1ndida, we also have a beautiful testimony from M. Natalia Bandr\u00e9s El\u00f3segui. Do these surnames ring a bell? Yes, she was the blood sister of our dear Anto\u00f1ita and was also a Daughter of Jesus. She lived much longer than she did and around 1930 she was in charge, together with Sr. Consolaci\u00f3n Irigoyen, of the restoration work of the house where M. Candida was born. C\u00e1ndida, when by donation of Mr. Juan Olaz\u00e1bal, who made a great effort for it, \u201cBERROSPE\u201d became the property of the Daughters of Jesus. She told us that: <\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cI know that M. Candida was born on May 31, 1845 in Berrospe, a hamlet of the town of Andoain, in Guipuzcoa and was born precisely in the little room that is marked with a tombstone according to the testimony of the daughters of an old woman who had heard it from Mother Candida; and I myself, when the farmhouse was being restored, saw the elders of the place gathered together, who indicated the same place and, wanting to verify it, the architect said that, according to the use of the ancient Basques, the room of the birth should be next to the kitchen. […] The architect casually made a chipping in the wall and the sign of the kitchen hearth appeared.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\nWhat people are references in your life, witnesses of your roots, of your childhood? What do you thank them for? Who have helped you grow in identity? <\/strong><\/p>\n\nThe small window, witness to the birth of Juana Josefa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n\n
Watercress: Living Testimony<\/h2>\n\n The family of Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola was of modest condition, belonging to those popular classes made up of peasants, day laborers, artisans and workers who then constituted approximately 95% of Spanish society. \u201cHis parents were weavers by trade and good Christians.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\nThat first-born daughter of Juan Miguel de Cipitria y Aramburu and Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Barriola y Querejeta, who on May 31, 1845, at 6 o’clock in the morning, saw the first light between the solid walls of the old Tower-House of Berrospe, in Andoain, had pure Cantabrian blood on all four sides, as her four surnames were Basque.<\/p>\n\n
And with the blood and the name, a family environment in which religious reciedumbre, generosity, deep affection, piety and all the human and spiritual virtues, typical of that people, would serve as support for the development of the concrete qualities with which God had blessed this girl who was called Juana Josefa.<\/p>\n\n
What family, social and cultural values are the basis of your person? What helps you to take care of them and make them grow and bear fruit? <\/strong><\/p>\n\nBirthplace of Saint Candida: Berrospe farmhouse in Andoain, Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n\n
Baptism: God’s first gift<\/h2>\n\n Evident proof of the Christian fervor of this Andoaindarra family is the fact that they had their daughter baptized on the same day of her birth.<\/p>\n\n
This happy coincidence of having been born to natural life and to the life of grace on the same day, May 31, and the celebration on this date of the feast of the Mother of Fair Love<\/strong>, we could say that it was like a good omen of what the Virgin was going to represent throughout the whole life of M. Candida since her childhood and that she also imprinted in the heart of the Daughters of Jesus of all times. Candida since her childhood and that she also imprinted in the hearts of the Daughters of Jesus of all times.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\nWhat meaning does your baptism have for you today? What experience expresses to you the beginning of your life of faith, of your spiritual experience? What meaning does the saint or commemoration of the day you were born have for you? What does your name express about you and your mission in the world? Who is the Virgin Mary for you? <\/strong><\/p>\n\nAs Saint Candida used to say: \u201cBlessed be God who loves us so much\u201d …<\/em><\/p>\n\nBe thankful for your story, whatever it is… be very thankful… be thankful for everything in God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\u201cVentana\u201d-stained glass window at St. Candida Parish in Cavite, Manila. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n\n
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