[4] Almeida, despite the religious persecution of the time and death threats against her, traveled to parishes throughout Portugal, teaching parishioners how to pray the Rosary.

[4] At a young age, while still living with her parents, Almeida visited the Benedictine sisters in Viseu, 15 kilometers from her home parish, but was unable to join the order because the government had forbidden all religious houses to admit new members.

She left the Sisters of Charity shortly afterwards because "she was disappointed with [their] spirit and charism"[4] and with the support of her spiritual director, accepted economic help from a noble family and established a school for children of single mothers.

[4][3] The process of Almeida's canonization began in 1991 by Margarida Maria Rossi, the Superior General of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

The miracle that satisfied the requirement toward beatification was the healing of a Brazilian woman after Almeida was invoked by her and her daughter, a sister of the order.

[2] Almeida stated, about her own call, "What I always wanted was to do the will of Our Lord God" and "I felt such fervour that I would have been capable of going round the world for the conversion of a single soul".

"[1] In 2010, the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph sent relics of Almeida, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the order's founding in Brazil, to their communities around the world.