Mother Candlemas of San José (Susana Paz Castillo) was born in Altagracia de Orituco, State of Guárico, Venezuela, on August 11, 1863; daughter of Francisco de Paula Paz Castillo ane María del Rosario Ramírez. Her father was an honest, deeply Christian man with a great heart. He enjoyed the esteem of his neighbors; he knew natural medicine which he used to help many people who asked for his services. On September 13, 1906, with the authorization of the diocesan Bishop, Susana took on the habit of the Hermanitas of the Poor men of Altagracia de Orituco and the name, Candlemas of San José.