Icon by Br. Claude O.S.B., Mount Angel Abbey, OR

The Venerable Servant of God Concepción Cabrera de Armida was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on December 8, 1862. She died on March 3, 1937. In addition to her mystical experiences and writings, the journey of this privileged soul led her to establish the Works of the Cross in the Church. "Conchita" was declared Venerable by John Paul II on December 20, 1999.


 



The Venerable Servant of God
Concepción Cabrera de Armida

 


 

 Conchita, A Mother's Spiritual Diary 
Edited by Marie-Michel Philipon, O.P.


Conchita (1862-1937) lived her life in Mexico.  The life of Conchita is characterized by many facets.  She fulfilled all the vocations of a woman: fiancée, wife, mother, widow, grandmother, and even, by a special indulgence of Pius X, without being deprived of her family status, died canonically as a religious in the arms of her children.

She addresses herself to all categories of the People of God, to lay and to married people, to priests and to bishops, to religious and to all consecrated lives.  By the profoundness of her writings Conchita rivals St. Catherine of Siena or St. Teresa of Avila.

 

 

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