Pope Benedict XVI delegated Cardinal José Saraiva Martins to preside over the celebration on his behalf.

[3] During her childhood she became concerned for poor people and for those who suffered and visited them with her mother to provide them with both spiritual and material comfort.

Stenmanns worked as a silk weaver after finishing school - which she began in the spring of 1858 - in order to contribute to the household income.

[3] There she met Arnold Janssen who was in the process of establishing a house to train priests for the missions.

Stenmanns felt called to support Janssen's work, and the priest accepted her request to serve at the mission house as a kitchen maid.

[4][2] On 8 December 1889, she became a postulant alongside other religious and the foundations of the order she co-founded with Janssen and Helena Stollenwerk were laid.

Pope John Paul II proclaimed Stenmanns to be Venerable on 14 May 1991 after confirming that the late nun had lived a life of heroic virtue.

[citation needed] Stenmanns was beatified on 29 June 2008 in the Netherlands with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presiding.