Saint Joaquina Vedruna de Mas was born in Barcelona on April 16, 1783. She was married to a Spanish nobleman Theodore de Mas and had 9 children. She was widowed in 1816 and then 10 years later she founded the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. Their mission is to care for the sick and to teach children. She had a great devotion to the Holy Trinity. She died in 1854 of cholera and was canonized on April 12, 1959. She is the patron of abuse victims, the death of children, exiles, and widows.
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