Saint Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola was the oldest of seven children having born as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola. She was born on May 31, 1845 in Guipúzcoa, Spain. Juana's family were weavers and she learned the craft as well as a child. At 18 she left home to work as a maid in Burgos, Spain. She felt the call to religious life and on December 8, 1871 she founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus which cared for the Christian upbringing of children. She took the name Mother Candida Maria de Jesus. The Congregation received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII on July 30, 1901. Mother Candida based the Congregation's spirituality on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. She died on August 9, 1912 in Salamanca, Spain. She was canonized on October 17, 2010.
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