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St. Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna

Foundress of Daughters of Mary Immaculate for the Protection of Working Girls

Current Church statusSaint
Feast / commemorationDecember 26
Remembered asFoundress of Daughters of Mary Immaculate for the Protection of Working Girls
BirthplaceCascante
Country / regionSpain
Period1847–1890

Life and historical setting

Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna (1847–1890) is remembered in the Church as foundress of Daughters of Mary Immaculate for the Protection of Working Girls. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Cascante.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna include religious sister, founder of Catholic religious community.

The enduring witness of Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. 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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Teaching and sacred learning

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Pastoral and ecclesial leadership

The account includes pastoral, monastic, or ecclesial leadership exercised for the good of the Church.

Mercy in action

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Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. 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 Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna, 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

Catalogued feast-day statement; confirm the calendar used by the local Church or religious family.

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

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