October 11 Saint Maria Soledad Torres Acosta.

Daughter of Francis Torres and Antonia Acosta, who ran a small business. From her youth, Emanuela felt a call to the religious life. When she was old enough to leave home, she applied to the Dominicans, but she was rejected due to poor health. She spent much time and prayer discerning her call to vocation, and in 1848 was asked by a Servite tertiary priest to head a new community of women dedicated to ministering to the sick poor. She took the name Mary Soledad, and dedicated herself to the new community, which in 1851 still numbered only seven.
In 1855 the community split into two groups, one founding a new house in Ferdinand Po. The half that remained with Mary Soledad became the foundation of the Handmaids of Mary Serving the Sick. Saint Mary was briefly relieved of her position, and the group nearly fell apart, but she was soon reinstated. The community received diocesan approval in 1861, and Mary Soledad spent 35 years as superior of the order, leading always by example. The group made a name for themselves working with victims of the Madrid, Spain cholera epidemic in 1865. By the time of her death, there were forty-six Handmaid houses across the world.

Born

2 December 1826 at Madrid, Spain as Emanuela Tores-Acosta

Died

11 October 1887 of natural causes

Venerated

23 January 1938 by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

5 February 1950 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

25 January 1970 by Pope Paul VI
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Andronicus of Ephesus
Andronicus the Soldier
Ansilio
Bruno the Great
Canice
Digna of Sicily
Emilian of Rennes
Ethelburgh of Barking
Eufridus
Firminus of Uzes
Germanus of Besancon
Gratus of Oloron
Gummarus
James Grissinger
John XXIII, Pope
Juliana of Pavilly
Maria Soledad Torres Acosta
Nectarius of Constantinople
Placid
Placidia
Probus of Side
Sarmata
Taracus of Cladiopolis
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