Servant of God Antonietta Böhm

Antonietta Böhm, born in Bottrop, Germany, on September 23, 1907, and died in Mexico on April 27, 2008, was a German Catholic religious sister of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. A missionary in Latin America for 74 years, she was particularly devoted to the poor. She served successively as a teacher, nurse, and provincial superior. She strengthened existing institutions and founded new ones. Her cause for beatification has been introduced in Rome, and she is recognized as a Servant of God.