ST.

CANDIDA
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What is catechesis? (A teaching or instruction)

(Catechesis is the act of handing on the Word of God) Ang Catechesis ay ang kilos ng paghahawak sa
Salita ng Diyos

Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people and adults which includes
especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and
systematic way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life.
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What’s the Purpose?
Ang reason kung nga ari kme di o kung ngaa may Catechesis ay para magbigay ng kaalaman, o magturo sa
pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng kaalaman, para pakikipag-isa at pakikipag-ugnay, kasama si Jesucristo. Kag ari
kme di para i share namon sa inyo ang life ni St. Candida
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SAINT CANDIDA MARIA DE JESUS

Ang Full name ni Mother Candida is ‘Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola’.

Kean: She was born in Andoain (Guipuzcoa, Spain) on May 31, 1845. Sila ay mula sa isang
mahirap na pamilya lamang.

(Pangalan sang papa yah si Juan Miguel Cipitria while ang pangalan sang mama yah si María
Jesús Barriola. Ubra sang papa yah weaver (manahi bala) while mama yah house wife. Ang
parents ay may takot sa Diyos o God Fearing. She learned to be simple, honest, humble and to
have faith in Jesus Christ.

“Rather than attend school she helped look after her siblings because she was the eldest child.”
(Kaysa makadto siya sa school, gina buligan niya nlng mama niya magbantay sang mga
manghud yah. Siya ang ga paninlo, gapanghugas, kag ga laba kay siya ang panganay or
magulang.)

One time she was bringing her favorite dish cooked by her Grandmother an Omelette but a
beggar came along. Her heart went out for her, so she gave her the Omelette and she was
happy.

Nag saylo sila balay sa Tolosa when she was 7 years old ang kanyang ama
ay kailangang kumita
nang higit pa upang pakainin ang kanilang malaking pamilya since siyam sila kabilog sa isa ka
pamilya.

St. Candida was sad to leave her home, her friends and relatives. She oftens visits a church called
Sta. Maria. Pag sulod yah sa church may na kit an siya isa ka statue, Statue ni St. Ignatius of
Loyola kag may ginahawid siya nga libro nga may letters nga AMDG. “Ad Majorem Dei
Gloriam meaning For the greater glory of God.
She still continues of having faith in God as years go by. Asta nga gina court siya sang isa ka
lalake. Nagproposed marriage ang lalake kay St. Candida, pero ang sabat ni St. Candida sa iya “I
am for God alone.”

As a young girl she left her land to work as a household helper for the Sabater family in Burgos
in order to help her family. She will wake up early and wash the dishes, clean the house and do
the laundry. May mga poor nga tawo nga ga pangayo sa iya sang pagkaon, so she did using
her savings. Until when their neighborhoods we’re annoyed because of the presence of the poor
peoples so she said “Where there is no room for the poor, neither is there room for me”.

"Her desire to do God’s will was the sole driving force in her life. On April 2, 1869, in the church
of "The Rosarillo" in Valladolid, before the altar of the Holy Family, she asked the Lord once
again to make his will clear to her, and God clearly expressed his desire “to found a
Congregation with the name of Daughters of Jesus, dedicated to the salvation of souls, through
education and instruction of children and youth”.

It was in Salamanca on December 8, 1871, when, with five other women, her adventure began
with nothing more than the trust born of the knowledge that what one undertakes is “what God
wants”. In this manner and with the name of Candida Maria de Jesus, this woman of scant
education and scarce material means founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus in
one of the most important university cities of the 19th century.

The exclusion of women and the economically weaker classes from the fields of education
moved Mother Candida to begin this path. And very soon what began in Salamanca extended
throughout the Spanish geography. Later, on October 3, 1911, the first Daughters of Jesus set
out for Brazil, fulfilling her dream: “I would go to the ends of the earth in search of souls”.

On August 9, 1912, Mother Candida, simple and courageous woman who made her life a
constant surrender to the will of God, died in Salamanca. The Church, in Rome, beatified her on
May 12, 1996 and canonized her on October 17, 2010.

Today, the Congregation is present in 19 countries, at the service of others and with special
attention to the most needy.