Carmen Sallés y Barangueras was born in
Vic, Spain on 9 April 1848 as the second of ten children to José Sallés y Vall and Francisca Barangueras y del Planell. The family later moved to
Manresa. In 1858 she traveled to
Montserrat on a pilgrimage together with her parents and it was during this trip that she decided to devote her life to God, which was augmented following the reception of her
First Communion. Later in 1864 she announced her desire to become a religious sister and managed to convince her parents to break off an arranged marriage to which Carmen had been committed. It was not long after this that she fulfilled that goal and began her path of service when she joined the Sister Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament while breaking a marriage betrothal in the process and she started her
novitiate in Barcelona on 7 May 1869. After a visit to the chapel of the
Virgin of Good Counsel, located in the
Collegiate Church of San Isidro in Madrid, Sallés decided on her next course of action. She left the congregation with three others and on 15 October 1892, arrived in
Burgos. The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in
Burgos was founded on 22 February 1892. This congregation focused on influencing societal norms in a positive manner and educating girls in order to prevent them from turning to prostitution and other forms of moral degradation. Her institute trained young women to be teachers. The order received diocesan approval on 7 December 1892. It received the decree of praise from
Pope Pius X on 19 September 1908 and papal approval in full from
Pope Pius XII on 7 December 1954. It has existed in nations such as the
United States since 1962 and
China since 1981. As of 2006, there were 519 nuns in 66 houses. Sallés died in 1911 in
Madrid. ==Beatification and canonisation==