María Natividad Venegas de la Torre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaría Natividad Venegas de la Torre
Mexican Roman Catholic nun (1868-1959)
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Place of Birth: Jalisco, Mexico
About María Natividad Venegas de la Torre
- Saint María Natividad Venegas de la Torre (8 September 1868 – 30 July 1959) was a Mexican Roman Catholic nun.
- Torre established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara and assumed the new name of "María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament" in 1930. She joined the Association of the Daughters of Mary on 8 December 1898 and later went on to establish her own small community of women who were devoted to the care of the sick.
- She served as a nurse throughout her life and her own order that she was established was founded for the purpose of catering to the needs of the ill; she was named Superior General in 1921. Venegas de la Torre was canonized in 2000 as the first female Mexican saint.
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