Cecilia Talangpaz (1693 - 1731) was a Kapampangan Filipino Roman Catholic figure. Along with her sister Dionisia Talangpaz, she established the "Beaterio de San Sebastian de Calumpang" (now the "Congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters"), in 1719. The Augustinian Recollect Sisters is the second Filipino congregation of women religious founded in the Philippines, after the Religious of the Virgin Mary established by Venerable Ignacia del Espíritu Santo. Talangpaz beatification process is underway with protocol number: 2303 Religious life Cecilia was born on July 16, 1693, in Calumpit, Bulacan to half-Kapampangan parents. Together with her older sister Dionisia, they settled down near the shrine of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Manila. Their devout life attracted the attention of the Recollects who were taking care of the shrine and by July 1725, the sisters received the habit of tertiaries and were gathered in a beaterium. San Sebastian Convent The Talangpaz sisters went on to found the "Beaterio de San Sebastian de Calumpang". After years, they headed a congregation called "Augustinian Recollect Sisters". Death Cecilia died in 1731, followed by her sister Dionisia in 1732. Beatification On September 10, 1999, the causes for the beatification of the Talangpaz sisters were opened, bestowed with "Nulla Osta" and thereby giving them the titles "Servants of God." References Hagiorgaphycircle website Kapangpangans website Recoletas website 1693 births 1731 deaths 18th-century venerated Christians 18th-century Filipino Roman Catholic nuns Filipino Servants of God Founders of Catholic religious communities People from Bulacan