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María Mercedes Carreras Hitos (Trinidad of the Most Pure Heart of Mary)

Spanish foundress of the Handmaids of the Blessed Eucharist and the Mother of God

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Born
28 January 1879
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Died
15 April 1949
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

María Mercedes Carreras Hitos, from Monachil near Granada, founded the Handmaids of the Blessed Eucharist and the Mother of God.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The nihil obstat was granted in 1989 and the diocesan inquiry ran in Madrid from 28 January 1991 to 2008.

The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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