Carmen Fradera Ferragutcasas
Missionary Sister of the Heart of Mary, teacher, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Carmen Fradera Ferragutcasas was born on 25 October 1895 at Riudarenes, Girona, entered the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Heart of Mary on 2 July 1921 at the novitiate house in Mataró and made her religious profession on 2 February 1923, then taught in the Institute's school at Mataró, where she had charge of the infant school and was admired for the patience, charity and great love she brought to her teaching. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI with her two sisters.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery records her devotion to the small children in her care and her love of the Eucharist.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - maria-del-carmen-maria-rosa-e-magdalena-fradera-ferragutcasas
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.