Like every day, the calendar remembers all the saints who have been canonized by the Catholic Church. Today, October 11, it is the turn of Santa María Soledad Torres Acostafounder of the Sisters Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick. This means that today almost 47,000 women in Spain named María Soledad will receive a special congratulation, according to figures from the INE.
The story of this woman from Madrid began in 1826. María Soledad was a young religious enthusiast who followed with admiration the work that the Vincentian sisters did to care for the poorest. It was this compassion that guided her to the parish priest of Chamberí, a neighborhood at that time full of people without resources.
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The young woman was attracted by the priest’s initiative to gather a group of women who would volunteer to serve. care for the sick in their homessince at that time the cholera epidemic was ravaging Europe and hospitals could no longer accommodate more patients. Thus, together with six other companions, she founded the community of Servants of Mary or Ministers of the Sick on August 15, 1851.
Today we also remember another of the numerous figures that are remembered in the Catholic calendar: Saint Philip. He is one of the seven deacons who were chosen by the 12 apostles.
The saint was selected to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem, as recorded in the ‘Acts of the Apostles’, and to baptize the Ethiopian eunuch in Gaza. Furthermore, he preached and did miracles in Samariaa mountainous region of ancient Judea.
Along with Santa María Soledad Torres Acosta and San Felipe deacon, this October 11 other saints are remembered. This is the complete list of today’s saints:
- Saint Anastasius of Schemaris
- San Bruno de Lotharingia
- Saint Canic of Ireland
- San Gaudencio o Radzim
- San Gumaro de Ivy
- San Juan XXIII papa
- San Meinardo de Riga
- San Pedro Le Tuy
- Saint Santino de Verdun
- Saint Sarmata of Thebaid
- Blessed Ángel Ramos Velázquez
- San Fermin de Uzes
- Blessed James by Ulma Griesinger
- Blessed Mary of Jesus of Oultremont
Like every day, the calendar remembers all the saints who have been canonized by the Catholic Church. Today, October 11, it is the turn of Santa María Soledad Torres Acostafounder of the Sisters Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick. This means that today almost 47,000 women in Spain named María Soledad will receive a special congratulation, according to figures from the INE.
