Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi

Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi

Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi (14 March 1868 – 24 February 1940) was a nun of the Roman Catholic Church who co-founded and became mother superior of the Congregation of Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary.

She was raised to the title of "Blessed" upon beatification by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 May 2005 alongside Mother Marianne Cope of the Hawaii Catholic Church. Beatification is the first stage of the process which can lead on to canonization into sainthood.

Background

She was born on 14 March 1868 in Tafalla, Spain as Florentina Nicol Goñi, the youngest of four children.

Educated in the Saint Rose of Lima Dominican boarding school at Huesca, Spain where she became a Dominican nun in 1885, taking the name "Ascensión". She became a teacher in 1886, however, in 1913 the Spanish government took over the school and expelled the sisters.

As a missionary to Peru, she arrived with 8 other nuns on 30 December 1913, teaching girls and caring for the poor and sick. She co-founded the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary on 5 October 1918, and served the rest of her life as its first superior. Today the congregation has 785 missionaries in 21 nations.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf4d.htm Saintf4d.htm ] at www.catholic-forum.com Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi at Catholic Forum


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ascensión Nicol y Goñi — Bl. Ascensión Nicol y Goñi, O.P. Born 14 March 1868 Tafalla, Navarre, Spain Died 24 February 1940 Peru Honored in Roman Catholic Church Beatified May 14, 2005 …   Wikipedia

  • Pope Benedict XVI — Benedict XVI Benedict XVI during a general audience in 2010 …   Wikipedia

  • Florentina — can refer to:*Saint Florentina, Spanish saint *Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi, also known as Florentina Nicol Goñi *321 Florentina, an asteroid*Littera Florentina *A Latin adjectival form for Florence, as in Florentina Studiorum Universitas… …   Wikipedia

  • Marianne Cope — Blessed Marianne Cope, O.S.F. Virgin, Religious Sister, missionary to leprosy patients Blessed Born January 23, 1838(1838 01 23 …   Wikipedia

  • Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 20th century — A list of 20th century saints: Name Birth Birthplace Death Place of death Notes Josep Manyanet y Vives 1833 Tremp, Spain 1901 Barcelona, Spain Priest Blessed Louis Zephyrinus Moreau 1824 Bécancour, Canada 1901   Bishop of Saint Hy …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”