Maria Angelica dell’Eucaristia

Mother Maria Angélica da Eucaristia (Order of Discalced Carmelites), born Sophia Maria Esteves de Mello on 23 December 1931 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, was a woman of deep spirituality, with an unconditional love for the Church and a total dedication to consecrated life. From a young age, she displayed a sensitivity to the spiritual dimension, characterised by a spirit of prayer, service and charity.  In 1950, she entered the Carmel of Our Lady of Aparecida in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and made her Solemn Profession in 1955. In 1977, she was sent to found the Carmel of Mary, Mother of the Church and Paul VI in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, where she lived a life of recollection, forming new vocations and providing spiritual support for priests, religious individuals, and the faithful. She died on 2 June 2018 in a tragic accident while carrying out an act of charity in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, on the Saturday dedicated to the Virgin Mary, thus crowning a life entirely given to God and neighbour.