Blessed Guido Maria Conforti (1865-1931) founded the Society of St. Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions (also known as the Xaverian missionaries). John Paul II beatified him on March 17, 1995.
Don Luigi Guanella (1842-1915) was a priest who founded two congregations: the Servants of Charity and the Institute of the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence. Pope Paul VI beatified him on Oct. 25, 1964.
Blessed Bonifacia Rodríguez de Castro (1837-1905) is a nun from Salamanca, Spain, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and created the “Nazareth workshop” to help poor or unemployed women.
