Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph

Bl Candelaria was born Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez in 1863 in Guárico, Venezuela. She enthusiastically welcomed the call of God to holiness, and from her youth, stood out in living a life of effective charity. She cared for, consoled, and healed the sick and the wounded that had been abandoned on the streets of her birth city.

She was beatified on April 27, 2008 and was the first to be celebrated on her home soil; Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.

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