María Encarnación Rosal
Bethlemite sister, reformer of her congregation
Who they were
The apostolic letter for her beatification records that she was born at Quezaltenango in Guatemala on 26 October 1820 and baptised Maria Vicenta, that she received the habit of the Bethlemite sisters at Guatemala City in 1838 taking the name Mary of the Incarnation of the Heart of Jesus, and that she was given the task of restoring the earlier observance, becoming superior in 1855, writing new constitutions for the Bethlemite sisters and working in several countries of South America. She was beatified on 4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The apostolic letter says she spent her life deepening the knowledge of Jesus, above all among girls, reformed the Bethlemite sisters and defended the dignity of women through education.
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 - beatifications of 4 May 1997
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 90 (1998) - beatification letter
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.