Blessed Maria Ana Mogas Fontcuberta She was the founder of the Missionary Franciscan of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd. His life was linked to the education and care of the most needy, and his remains rest in the Mother House of Madrid. This fact sheet retains the difference between historical data, the memory of the congregation and devotional narrations.
Where is he?
The point points to the building of Santa Engracia 140, Madrid, seat of the Mother House of the Missionary Franciscan of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd. The institutional source explicitly identifies this direction with the Mother House, and OpenStreetMap places the map building in it. The precision is left as verified_place: the point identifies the documented place, but does not appear as the exact inner coordinate of the grave.
Documented history
Maria Ana Mogas was born in 1827 in Corró de Vall, in the surroundings of Granollers. Very young she was orphaned and moved to Barcelona. The history of Franciscan sources led it to devote itself to God and to work in the formation of girls and young people and in the care of poor people.
He participated in the birth and consolidation of the Missionary Franciscan of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd. The congregation retains an educational and service charism that the religious family itself relates to the look of Mary, Mother of the Divine Shepherd. In Madrid, the house of Santa Engracia became a center of the work; institutional history explains that the current house was acquired for the congregation and that there its educational mission was developed.
Maria Ana died in Fuencral, Madrid, on July 3, 1886. The Archdiocese of Madrid documents that its remains rest in the Mother House of Santa Engracia. He was beatified by John Paul II on October 6, 1996. Its ecclesial state is that of beata de la Iglesia católica; there is no canonization here that is not recorded in the sources used.
Education and charity
Their legacy is understood in concrete actions: schools, accompaniment and presence with those who needed training or help. Education does not appear as a secondary detail, but rather as the way in which his religious family wanted to continue the service received from the founder. The memory of the Mother House unites that story with a living community, without confusing the current building with all the places of its life.
Some congregational narrations speak of the fame of holiness that accompanied his death and the veneration of his remains. They are presented as a devotional memory documented by the sources of the congregation, not as independent proof of incorruptibility or as a miracle added to the tab.
Mary and the Divine Shepherd
The spirituality of Mary Anne is expressed under the advocation of Mary, Mother of the Divine Shepherd. The Virgin is venerated and her intercession is asked to lead her life to Jesus Christ; she does not love her. The map of Madrid recalls a house of training and service, not a place where you should expect automatic favors.
Prayer
Blessed Maria Ana Mogas, pray for girls and young people, for educators and for those living in poverty. He asks Mary, Mother of the Divine Shepherd, to teach us to accompany with tenderness, truth and Franciscan spirit. Amen.