Maddalena de la Concepcion

Maddalena de la Concepcion, P.C.C., (d. April 5, 1685) was a 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare who was one of the first Filipino woman to become a Roman Catholic nun and renowned Catholic pending for the cause for Beatification alongside with Martha de San Bernardo, a religious from the same Order.[1][2]

Biography

Because she was a living saint during her time, Like Sor Martha de San Bernardo before her, Maddalena de la Concepcion was a noblewoman from Pampanga but unlike Sor Martha, she was admitted to the monastery of the Poor Clares without a hitch. She received their habit on February 9, 1636 and professed the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience the following year. Sor Maddalena's biographer wrote that as a nun, she persevered for 49 years in such an exemplary way and in the strict observance of the Rule; in all those years, no deficiency whatsoever was noted in her compliance with the policies of the convent, ever excelling with diligence in the performance of the most humble and difficult tasks in the community and always abhorring positions of honor. With this example of humility and regular observance, she persevered until her death on April 5, 1685. Soon after her death, the Poor Clares in the Philippines began venerating her alongside with Martha de San Bernardo and Mother Jerónima de la Asunción.

Veneration

Maddalena de la Concepcion is being in consideration for a declaration of sainthood along with Martha de San Bernardo, but their cause has not yet been approved by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Holy See.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://livinginthefullest.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
  2. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/kapampanganx/s7_3.html&date=2009-10-26+01:11:07

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