Conflict

Zapatistas, Villistas and Carrancistas

Further destabilization of the area began with the Maderista uprising in 1910 and the overthrow of President Diaz the following year.  The uprising devolved into factions when Francisco Madero was assassinated two years later.  His assassin, Victoriano Huerta, was killed in retaliation soon after.  Violent confrontations continued throughout Mexico culminating in the Battle of Celaya in 1915.  The Zapatistas following Emiliano Zapata and the Villistas following Pancho Villa were defeated by the Carrancistas following Venustiano Carranza and his powerful General Álvaro Obregón. The beaterio was shut down and the women forced to return to their families.  Throughout México Catholic colleges and orphanages were confiscated as the Carrancistas infiltrated the population.[1]  In 1916 the Beaterio Santo Domingo was closed and the beatas were dispersed after discovering they did not officially belong to the Dominican Order.   Some beatas returned to their family homes and those who could not went to live with other religious communities or with neighbors.  The following year the beaterio was restored to the Alvarez family and they were allowed to return, but the younger beatas wanted a more authentic religious way of life.  The superior Madre Catalina del Sagrado Corazón was not opposed to this, but after granting permission for this endeavor she took ill and died. [2]

[1] (Hernandez 2002), p. 341
[2] (Almaguer 1936-1945), pp. 1-12

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