Blessed Mary Of Saint Joseph Alvarado Cardozo - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Mary Of Saint Joseph Alvarado Cardozo

Also known as: Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo; María of Saint Joseph; Maria de San José Alvarado

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

2-Apr

Born

25 April 1875 in Choroni, Venezuela as Laura Evangelista

Died

2 April 1967 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela of a blood clot; buried in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception Home in Maracay, the location she had requested, and which has become a pilgrimage site; body found incorrupt on 19 January 1994; re-interred in a new sarcophagus in the same chapel in September 1994

Beatified

17 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy; Blessed María was the first native of Venezuela to be beatified; the beatification miracle involved the cure of Sister Teresa Silva

Venerated

7 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Mary Of Saint Joseph Alvarado Cardozo, also known as Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo, was born on 25 April 1875 in Choroni, Venezuela. From a young age, she displayed a deep devotion to her Catholic faith. In 1888, at the age of thirteen, Laura made her First Communion and took a private vow of chastity on the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1995-05-17 by 17 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy; Blessed María was the first native of Venezuela to be beatified; the beatification miracle involved the cure of Sister Teresa Silva