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Joan Adelaide O'Sullivan Rouley was born in New York on October 8, 1817 to an Anglican father and a Catholic mother.

She was baptized in the Anglican Church. Four years after, the young girl decided to attend the Catholic church. On the death of her father, both her brother and mother wanted to return to the Anglican Church, but Joan Adelaide was already anchored in Catholicism and remained there. In 1840, she entered the Visitation convent in Georgetown. During her life as a Salesian nun, she read the writings of St. Teresa of Jesus and in her heart she decided to become her daughter.

With the help of her confessor, she was able to realize her desire and after many difficulties and unexpected paths she arrived in Guatemala City on September 8, 1843, where she entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns, receiving the name of Mary Adelaide of Saint Teresa.

In 1868 she was elected Prioress of the community, and as such, faced the expulsion of their community due to the secularization of the liberal reforms that occurred in 1871. Realizing the impossibility of returning to her monastery, with a group of nuns she carried out a journey that took them to Cuba, the United States and finally to Spain, restructuring the life of the Teresian Carmel in Grajal de Campos (León) in 1882.

She died on the 15^th of April 1893.

On November 23^rd, 1984, the decree of validity was granted to the Diocesan Inquiry into her «life, virtue and reputation for holiness».

1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Margaret Mary was born in Cocentaina, diocese of Valencia (Spain) on March 16, 1908 and was baptized on the 25^th of that month in the parish of Santa María. At the age of 8 she made her first communion. At the age of 12 she entered the Sisters of the Purity of Mary school in the city of Ontinyent, remaining six years as an intern. In 1934, at the age of 26, she entered the convent of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Manises, where she made her simple vows on January 9, 1936, taking the name of Margaret Mary of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.

When religious persecution broke out in 1936, the Carmelites of Manises had to leave the convent; Margaret found refuge in the house of Blessed Vincent Vilar David, martyr, whose wife Mrs. Isabel Rodes, was originally from Cocentaina.

Margaret, when she could, managed to return to her parents' house, staying there for a few months, although for greater security she sought shelter in the house of relatives in the city of Alcoy, for as long as the religious persecution lasted.

In the spring of 1939, Sister Margaret returned to the Carmelite convent of Manises where she made her solemn profession on February 5, 1940. In 1948 she was elected superior of the Carmel of Manises, a position she held until 1951. Faced with an increase in vocations, the Carmelites of Manises founded a new convent in Villa de Buñol in May 1951. There were six founding sisters of that new Carmel, among them was the Servant of God who was to maintain the office of superior for several years. In 1982, at the age of 75, she was elected Prioress of the Convent of Buñol.

Given the scarcity of vocations in that area and the material deterioration of the convent, the Servant of God, advised by her superiors, set in motion a possible transfer to Lugo. After obtaining permits from the Archbishop of Valencia, the Bishop of Lugo and the Holy See, in 1983 she founded the Discalced Carmelite Convent of the Most Holy Trinity in that Galician city. As Prioress, Mother Magaret Mary of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus remained until 1989. On February 11, 1992, the Servant of God, who was about to turn 84, died in Lugo in her Holy Family of Carmel.

The diocesan process on her «life, virtue and reputation for holiness», carried out in the Archdiocese of Valencia, ended on April 24, 2018.

1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Carlo Zucchetti, was born in Vighignolo, a hamlet of Settimo Milanese (Ml), Italy, on November 29, 1914 at half past four in the morning, the second son of the four children of Giulio and Luigia Zucchetti. A simple family but with a clear Christian tradition; a few hours after his birth he was baptized in the parish church of Santa Maria Nascente.

Very early the child felt in his heart a vocation to the priesthood. On the advice of the parish priest he decided to enter the vocational college of the Discalced Carmelites in Monza; after completing his high school studies, in 1930, Charles asked to enter the Order of Carmel.

On July 11, 1930, at the Concesa Monastery of Milan, in the Shrine of the Divine Motherhood, Charles put on the habit of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and was given the new name of Brother Marcellus of Mary Immaculate. His novitiate now began. On July 17, 1931, he made his first profession. After high school and philosophical studies in Milan, Brother Marcellus continued his theological studies in Piacenza. On 8 December 1935 he made his solemn profession. On 11^th of June 1938 he was ordained a priest.

After two short stays in Turin and Parma, he was transferred to Bologna where he remained for ten years. In 1948 he was sent to Ferrara to the St Jerome monastery: for thirty-six years the city experienced the incessant charitable service of Father Marcellus, especially as confessor and spiritual director. From 1951 to 1957 he held the position of Prior of the monastery. In 1960 he became Chaplain of the Paediatric Division of the St Anne General Hospital.

He died on July 13, 1984.

The Diocesan Inquiry into his «life, virtue and reputation for holiness» was opened in the Ferrara diocese on 8^th of December 2014 and closed on 25^th of September 2021.