Margarita María López de Maturana
Margarita María López de Maturana MMB (birth name Pilar López de Maturana ; born July 25, 1884 in Bilbao , Spain , † July 23, 1934 in San Sebastián ) was a Catholic nun. On October 22, 2006 she was in the pontificate of Benedict XVI. beatified.
biography
She and her twin sister Leonor were the youngest of five children of Juana Ortiz de Zarate and Vicente López de Maturana. While Leonor entered the Hermanas Carmelitas de la Caridad (German: Carmelites of Love ), Pilar attended boarding school with the Mercedarias de Berriz (German: Mercedarians of Berriz), even if the twins were inseparable as children. At the age of 19, on August 10, 1903, she joined the order herself and took the name Margarita María. After completing studies at the order's own school in Berriz, she worked as a teacher herself from 1906. In 1920 she founded a youth missionary movement, the Juventud Mercedaria Misionera de Bérriz. The missionary spirit also seized the sisters in the monastery, who until then had lived in seclusion . The superior general of the order turned to Rome to convert it into an order of missionary sisters. In 1926 the first approval was given by the Roman Curia. The first sisters left Spain for East Asia and Oceania. In 1928 Margarita María, who had meanwhile been appointed superior, set out for Japan to take up missionary work there. In 1930 the statutes of the Misioneras Mercedarias de Berriz were finally recognized. The General Chapter elected Margarita María on July 30, 1931 as Superior General of the Reformed Order. In this position, too, she endeavored to promote the missions and toured numerous stations around the world. On July 23, 1934, she died of cancer.
Adoration
The beatification process began on July 30, 1943. On March 16, 1987, her heroic virtue was recognized. The beatification took place on June 22, 2006 in Bilbao by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins .
literature
- Katrin Krips-Schmidt: With a pioneering spirit and missionary zeal , in: Die Tagespost , 23 July 2013, p. 4.
Web links
- Short biography (English) , on the Vatican website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | López de Maturana, Margarita María |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lopez de Maturana, Margarita Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Catholic nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilbao , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1934 |
| Place of death | San Sebastian , Spain |