Saint Vicenta María López y Vicuña

Vicenta María was born in Cascante, Navarre, Spain, in 1847 and grew up partly in Madrid with an aunt who ran a home for domestic workers. She saw how many young women came from the countryside to work in houses and were exposed to loneliness, exploitation and danger. Turning down a marriage proposal, she founded in 1876 the Religious of Mary Immaculate, who offered these young workers a home, training and spiritual care. She died in Madrid on December 26, 1890, and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

Her sisters, sometimes called the "Servicio Doméstico" sisters, serve in Spain, many Latin American countries and elsewhere, still caring for domestic workers and migrant women.