Montserrat Grases died in Barcelona of bone cancer at 17 years of age. Throughout her painful illness, Montse, as she was known to her family and friends, maintained a contagious cheerfulness and a focus on her friends and family rather than on herself. In a 2016 decree, Pope Francis confirmed that Montse had lived a life of heroic virtue and named her as venerable.

Resources to learn more about Venerable Montserrat Grases:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website for Her Cause of Canonization⁠⁠⁠.


• Cejas, José Miguel. Like Any Other: A Girl Named Montse. New York: Scepter, 2016. (Scepter, Amazon)


• Eguibar Galaraza, Mercedes. Montserrat Grases. Una vida sencilla. Madrid: Rialp, 2018. (Amazon, in Spanish)

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