{"id":776,"date":"2016-04-26T21:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T03:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/amormisericordioso\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2021-01-22T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:18:06","slug":"the-life-of-mother-esperanza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.amormisericordioso.org\/en\/blessed-esperanza-of-jesus\/the-life-of-mother-esperanza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of Mother Esperanza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Life of Mother Esperanza<\/h1>
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Mother Esperanza de Jesus Alhama Valera was born in Santomera (Murcia, Spain), on 30 September 1893.<\/p>\n

On 15 October 1915, she became a nun in the monastery of the \u201cDaughters of Calvary,\u201d in Villena (Spain). This Congregation was incorporated into the \u201cClaretian Missionaries\u201d in 1920.<\/p>\n

On Christmas Eve 1930, she left this institute to found, in\u00a0Madrid<\/b>, the Congregation of the Handmaids of Merciful Love.<\/p>\n

On 15 August 1951, she founded the Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love, in Rome.<\/p>\n

She consecrated and dedicated her entire life to the Lord and to the mission of making Him known to all people as Father and gentle Mother.<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

After a life of commitment in the service of God, the priests and the neediest, she died in\u00a0Collevalenza\u00a0<\/b>(Italy), on 8 February 1983.<\/p>\n

On 23 April 2002, the Church, after proclaiming her heroic virtues, declared her venerable. The process of canonization is progressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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