Feast February 8
Blessed Mother Hope of Jesus
Blessed · Religious founder · Feast February 8
Biography
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera, religious name Maria Esperanza of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister. She was the founder of both the Handmaids of Merciful Love in 1930 and the Sons of Merciful Love in 1951.
Feast day
February 8
Birth date
30 September 1893
Death date
1983-02-08
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
2
Wikidata qid
Q3966507
Feast day of month
8