Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo

Servant of God Maria Rosario of the Visitation
Foundress, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines
Born	17 February 1884 Molo, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	14 June 1957 Molo, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	14 June

Servant of God María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo y Pidal (María Rosario of the Visitation) (Filipino: María Beatriz del Rosario Pidal Arroyo; February 17, 1884 - June 14, 1957) was a Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (Dominican Sisters of Molo).

Arroyo was born on Feb. 17, 1884, in Molo,Iloilo to Ignacio Arroyo and Doña Maria Pidal as the only daughter of three children. Her two brothers were José María Arroyo and Mariano Arroyo. José became a senator in 1919, while Mariano was governor of Iloilo in 1928. She is a grand-aunt of former First Gentleman José Miguel "Mike" Tuason Arroyo, husband of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the fourteenth President of the Philippines and now congresswoman of Pampanga.

She was christened María Beatriz del Rosario at the Sta. Ana Church in Molo on February 20, 1884 by Fr. Agapito Buenaflor. A noteworthy tradition of her family was almsgiving; Arroyo thus participated in the corporal works of mercy from an early age. Unspoilt by her affluent upbringing as a member of the aristocracy, she preferred a simple life reportedly donated her inheritance to the congregation upon becoming an heiress.

Arroyo first attended classes at the Colegio de Sta. Ana, a private school in Molo. In preparation for her first communion, she was transferred to Colegio de San Jose administered by the Daughters of Charity. She stayed at the Colegio until she finished her elementary education.

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