Juana María Condesa Lluch
Juana María Condesa Lluch (30 March 1862 – 16 January 1916) was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate in her hometown of Valencia. She made her vows in 1911.
Lluch dedicated her life to the promotion of the rights of workers ever since her childhood when she first witnessed the terrible conditions of laborers. Her initiatives in Spain were aimed towards the workers and their families as a means of alleviating their burdens and championing their fundamental rights as individuals. Lluch provided material and spiritual support to workers across Valencia. Pope John Paul II presided over her beatification in Saint Peter's Square on 23 March 2003.
In the Martyrology
- January 16 Blessed Juana María Condesa Lluch, virgin