Saint Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala was co-founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Poor, and was the first mother superior of the congregation. She was beautified by Pope John Paul II on April 25, 2004, and will be canonized on May 12, 2013.

Maria was born on April 27, 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Her father, Fortino, ran a religious goods store situated in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan. She had a special devotion to the Lady and she made frequent prayers in the basilica.

As a young woman, she made plans to marry, however she ended these plans as she felt called to religious life.

She then pursued religious life and co-founded a new congregation on October 13, 1901, known as the Handmaids of St. Margret Mary Alacoque and the Poor. Maria spent most of her time serving as a nurse and as the Mother Superior General of the congregation.

The Congregation grew rapidly and served ever more people. However, she was also devoted to poverty, saying that only by being poor can one be with the poor. She sometimes begged for money on the street to help meet the needs of the Congregation and the patients they served.

The sisters of the Congregation also served in nearby parishes and teaching catechism.

During the Mexican Revolution, a time of great persecution for the Catholic Church which lasted from 1911 to 1936, Mother Maria his priests and even the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in her hospital, saving them from their enemies.

Maria led the Congregation as it grew to 11 foundations in Mexico. Since her death on June 24, 1963, the Congregation has grown to include 22 houses in five different countries, with the most in Mexico.


http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7730

This is one area we Traditional Catholic need not concern ourselves with.  Although the Modernists think they control the Church here on earth but are definitely  leading many astray; they have no control over what goes on in the  eternal life.  In other words, who cares what they say about who is or who isn't a Saint, God has already decided.  Either this person is in the presence of the Beatific Vision of God or she isn't. Being honored by the enemy, the Modernist here on earth, wolves in sheep's clothing is not an honor. Knowing her reward will be just, whether the Modernist say so or not.

In the times we live in, we can know for sure that God and only God has authority to know, all we can do is hope.  

I wonder if this saint had a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, since she named her congregation after St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. I'm currently reading 'The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' , compiled by Fr. John Croiset. Really excellent and inspiring book.

Here is some information on Our Lady of Zapopan


Nuestra Señora de Zapopan

Location: Village of Tzapopa (later Zapopan), province of Tonalán, State of Jalisco, close (about two miles) to the city of Guadalajara.

Origin: When he defeated the Tochos Indians that had rebelled against the Spanish power, Francisco de Bobadilla, a conquistador, founded Tzapopa in the midst of Indian territory in 1541, twenty years after the fall of Mexico.  Franciscan friars soon came to evangelize the peopulation.  A statue of Mary Immaculate was brought by Fray Antonio of Segovia on that occasion.  The story says that this friar had offered his mediation in order to prevent more bƖσσdshɛd.  He came before the Indians holding a crucifix in one hand, and a small statue of Mary in the other.  The Indians watched celestial twinklings around that statue.  That made them lay down their arms.

History: The shrine passed on to the diocesan clergy in 1641.  During the following years, after an official enquiry on the miracles ascribed to the intercession of Our Lady of Zapopan, the local ordinary transferred her feast from December 9 to December 18, one week--an octave--before Christmas.  He also changed her original name to Nuestra Señora de la O or de la Expectacíon, but the original name has been kept by the people.  Our Lady of Zapopan has been venerated fervently not only in Zapopan, but throughout the entire State of Jalisco.  Countless miracles have continued to happen.  People used to transport her to Guadalajara whenever this large city--now the second largest in Mexico--was in danger, as in 1721, in order to protect the city from plague.  In 1734, she was proclaimed Patroness against storms and lightning.   Even now, the statue stays in Guadalajara from June 13 to October 5.  After Mexico became independent in 1821, the Virgin of Zapopan was proclaimed Patroness of the State of Jalisco and its army.  She was canonically crowned on January 18, 1921.
 
Shrine: The current shrine (the first ones were adobe constructions) was inaugurated by the bishop of Guadalajara on September 8, 1730.  Since that time, it has been enriched and made more beautiful.  

The statue of Mary [at right, click to enlarge] is made of light wood and is 34 centimeters high.  Mary wears a read carmine tunic and a blue mantel.  There are traces of an earlier golden color.  Her feet stand on a crescent moon; and her hands are clasped in prayer.  The statue is usually placed in a silver vase that covers her from her hips downward.  The vase is placed on a pedestal.  

The statue is clothed with rich garments and adorned with an abundant wig and an imperial crown surrounded by a halo made of gold and adorned with gems.  She is girded with a blue scarf like a general.  

Below her hands there is a precious circular reliquary containing a golden child Jesus (possibly a reference to the title de la O).  The golden staff hanging from her right arm--possibly a commander's baton--complements the scepter she carries in her hands.