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St. Genoveva Torres Morales

Corres Founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels

Current Church statusSaint
Feast / commemorationJanuary 5
Remembered asCorres Founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels
BirthplaceAlmenara
Country / regionSpain
Period1870–1956
Religious familySisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Angels

Life and historical setting

Genoveva Torres Morales (1870–1956) is remembered in the Church as corres Founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Almenara.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Genoveva Torres Morales include nun, founder of Catholic religious community. The religious family connected with this vocation is Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Angels.

Genoveva Torres Morales was born on Jan. Genoveva Torres Morales's leadership included an intense spiritual life and gave all her heart to God and to people in need.

Genoveva Torres Morales's earthly life ended on Jan.

The enduring witness of Genoveva Torres Morales is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Vocation and witness

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Gospel encounter and discipleship

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Prayer and contemplation

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Preaching and evangelization

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Religious life and community

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Mercy in action

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Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Genoveva Torres Morales is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Prayerful reflection

God of holiness, through the witness of Genoveva Torres Morales, strengthen us in mercy expressed through practical care for people who are poor, sick, forgotten, or vulnerable. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.

Historical and liturgical note

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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

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