The Church welcomes a new Blessed

Mother Maria Inés Teresa of the Most Blessed Sacrament was beatified in Mexico City a little over a week ago. Cardinal Angelo Amato, who represented Pope Benedict XVI at the beatification, said Blessed Maria Inés Teresa was “generous in work, fervent in prayer, humble, self-sacrificing and always ready to help.” The nun was founder of the Claretian Missionaries of the Most Holy Sacrament (1945) and of the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church (1979). Her work left 36 missionary houses in 14 different countries throughout the world. Blessed Maria Inés Teresa departed from this world on July 22, 1981 in Rome, a few months after being received by Blessed John Paul II.