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 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...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
Fr. Mariano Gazpio was well known for his recollection and piety. He had a great devotion to the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart and of course, for Our Lady. Besides the community hours for prayer he spent many more in the oratory or in the choir in personal prayer. His...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Mar 11, 2008 | Santos y beatos (en)
The reputation of holiness of Bishop Gallegos, his exemplary virtues, the memory of his love for the people of God is very much alive in the hearts of the Augustinian Recollects and those Catholics in Sacramento, especially the Hispanics, who found in him a faithful...
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...
