by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 22, 2008 | Biographies, Biographies (en), Santos y beatos (en)
There is not much known of St. John of Sahagún. There are no autobiographical papers, his writings have been lost and the contemporary witnesses are not many. But even with the scarcity, it has been possible to trace his life story and spiritual make up....
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
Mother Mariana was certainly a great ascetic. Her deep desires for perfection led her to mortify her appetites and chose an austere life, long hours of prayer, mortification in eating and sleeping and in discipline. God grated her gifts and mystical graces, raptures,...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
Mother Isabel puts flesh on the type of religious woman of high spirituality, living only for God, a true characteristic of the religiosity of Spain in the seventeenth century. She represents the individual spirit of reaching beyond what is laid down in the norms of...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
Mother Antonia enjoyed a reputation for holiness in her lifetime and after her death it wasn’t the propaganda but her virtues that made this reputation grow. When her body was exhumed in 1827 and found to be incorrupt and incorrupt again fifty years later this...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
The reputation of holiness of these women continued to grow and many other young women asked to join the convent. Soon the group reached six. And others waited to be admitted. Document published: 2008. Ver documento PDF Autor: OARSPAIN
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
Bishop Ignacio always awoke in people deep admiration and acknowledgement because of his missionary activity in most difficult of rainforests and rivers. His was a reputation for holiness and of being an intrepid missionary not only in the order but also in the...
