July 25
María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (1848–1911)
Founding religious
He was born in Vic, Spain, and from a cultured and Christian family.
Biography
She enters the Dominican convent in Barcelona; A few years later, the Congregation of Missionary Conceptionists of Education began, dedicated to the education and promotion of women, to provide them with the greatest human and religious formation possible, “in all social classes.” Carmen is a strong and happy woman, with a great sense of humor and a great capacity to forgive. He had a great devotion to the Eucharist and Mary Immaculate and he knew how to instill it in his nuns and students. When he died he left thirteen houses open and directed his work towards congregational universalization. She was beatified on March 15, 1998 by John Paul II.
Practical advice
As soon as you have the opportunity, visit a person who needs maternal closeness, remembering that holiness is built in the ordinary.