by Agustinos Recoletos | Apr 5, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 7th May 1995 becoming the first Venezuelan to be beatified. The Augustinian family celebrates her memory on 7th May.Document published: 2008.Document available in spanish, english and portuguese.Ver documento PDF Autor:...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
Because of her personal life, her influence on the life of Augustine and other possibilities, Saint Monica deserves a place of honour in the saints calendar. Her determination, her honesty of character, her motherly love, her intelligence, her faithfulness to the...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
St. Thomas lived in Spain, in the first half of the sixteenth century. It was a society in ferment seeking new ways in theological discourse, in the religious life, in piety and devotion, in the apostolate… Everywhere there were shouts raised against the...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
From the 25th July to August 1936 seven Augustinian Recollects, headed by their Superior, and a diocesan priest, gave their lives for Christ on the streets of Motril. Since the proclamation of the Republic on the 14th April 1931 they had lived on tender hooks. On 7th...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
On the 11th March 2001 Pope John Paul ll solemnly recognized as martyrs of Christ 233 Christians assassinated during the Spanish Civil War which tore asunder Spanish society from July 1936 to April 1939. The largest group came from Valencia and was very mixed. There...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
The Church commemorates these two holy bishops on the same day, 16th May. They came from the same region and lived at the same time. Both were born in the middle of the fourth century in Numidia, a Roman Province set in the now territory of Argelia. Both died there at...