Maria Esperanza Medrano de Bianchini

Profile

Visionary whose Cause for Canonization has begun. At age five she reported a vision of Saint Theresa of Lisieux who gave her a rose. At age twelve while suffering from severe pneumonia, Maria reported a vision of Mary who recommended medications which led to recovery. She briefly entered a convent, but was told that she did not have a vocation. Visited Saint Padre Pio in 1950; he told her "When I leave, she will be your consolation." Married Geo Bianchini on 8 December 1956. In 1974 the couple purchased a farm that Maria says was shown her in a vision by the Blessed Virgin Mary; Our Lady said that it would become a center of "constant prayer and pilgrimage" for all "the nations of the world". Mary is reported to have appeared to Maria 31 times between 25 March 1976 and 5 January 1990. During the apparition on 25 March 1984, over a hundred people report seeing the Virgin at the grotto. On 21 November 1987, Archbishop Pio Bello Ricardo published the Pastoral Instruction on the apparition of Our Blessed Virgin Mary in Finca Betania, approving the apparitions received by Maria.

Born

22 November 1928 in Betania, Venezuela

Died

7 August 2004 in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, USA of natural causes

Venerated

pending; if you have information relevant to the Cause for Canonization of Maria, contact
   Father Timothy Byerley
   Saint John Vianney Parish
   Deptford, NJ 08096

Additional Information

Maria Esperanza.Com
Miracle Hunter

Readings

And when she revealed herself, she went to the top of the tree, and I saw she was beautiful, with her hair brown, dark brown, her eyes that were light brown and she had very fine, very pretty eyebrows, tiny mouth, a nose very straight and her complexion was so beautiful, it was skin that seemed like silk. It was bronzed. It was beautiful. Very young. Her hair was down to here, to her shoulders. - Maria Esperanza describing Mary of her visions

After having studied repeatedly the apparitions of the Most Holy Virgin in Betania, and having begged the Lord earnestly for spiritual discernment, I declare that in my judgement the said apparitions are authentic and have a supernatural character. I therefore approve, officially, that the site where the apparitions have occurred be considered as sacred. - Bishop Pio Bello Ricardo, 21 November 1987, Pastoral Instruction on the apparition of Our Blessed Virgin Mary in Finca Betania

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