San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
The Filipino proto-martyr, Lorenzo was born in Binondo, Manila. As a young man he became a member of the Rosary Confraternity. Implicated in crime of unclear circumstances, he left hi wife and children and set sail for Okinawa in 1636 together with other Dominican Missionaries. Arrested they were brought to Nagasaki where they underwent hideous torments for their Christian faith, giving up their souls to God on September 28, 1637.
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Beata Juana de Aza
The mother of St. Dominic, she was beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1828. Devotion to her persisted through the centuries despite the poverty of records. The mother of three priests, one of whom died a death of heroic charity and two who were raised to the altars of the Church, can safely be judged to have been not only a valiant woman but also a saintly one. Her picture, as that of any mother can be seen reflected in her sons.
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Beata Margarita de Castelo
Born a dwarf, deformed and blind, Margaret was abandoned by her parents but found refuge on the homes of the poor. By her radiant charity, she became a source of hope and consolation for the poor, the outcast, the sick and the imprisoned, to whom she ministered tirelessly as a Lay Dominican. She is Patroness of Pro-Life Philippines.
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Santo Tomas Khoung
Thomas Khoung belonged to a noble family in Tonkin and could well be a son of a Mandarin. A Christian since childhood, he became a priest and a Dominican tertiary. He was imprisoned many times because of his faith. When he was in his 80's in 1859, he was arrested again. The judge tried in vain to make him trample on the crucifix and invited him in vain to persuade his Christian followers to apostatize but he firmly replied "To redeem mankind, Christ voluntarily suffered death. I too, want to give love for love, spilling all my blood for him." While he was genuflecting to adore the crucifix, his head was cut off, it was the 30th of January 1860.
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San Francisco de Capillas
Francis was born in Baquerin de Campos, Palencia, Spain on August 14, 1607. He entered the Dominican Priory of St. Paul of Valladolid. He arrived in Manila in February 1632, where he was ordained priest. In 1641, he attended the Provincial Chapter held in Manila and asked the new Provincial to send him to China. In 1642, he left for China with his friend, Fr. Francis Diez. He went to the villages and town in Fogan and Funing converting huge numbers of Chinese. He was captured and remained incarcerated for two months. He died on January 15, 1648. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000.
Francis was born in Baquerin de Campos, Palencia, Spain on August 14, 1607. He entered the Dominican Priory of St. Paul of Valladolid. He arrived in Manila in February 1632, where he was ordained priest. In 1641, he attended the Provincial Chapter held in Manila and asked the new Provincial to send him to China. In 1642, he left for China with his friend, Fr. Francis Diez. He went to the villages and town in Fogan and Funing converting huge numbers of Chinese. He was captured and remained incarcerated for two months. He died on January 15, 1648. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000.
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San Vicente Liem dela Paz
The first Vietnamese Dominican, he was born in Tra'Lu in 1731. He received the Dominican habit in Manila and continued his studies at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Intramuros. Already a priest, he asked to return to his land to work among his people; he labored for 14 years until he was captured and martyred on November 7, 1773.
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Santa Magdalena de Nagasaki
She was left on her own resources at the age of twenty two when her parents perished in the great persecution in Japan. She placed herself under the direction of a Dominican, Father Jordan of St. Stephen, and received the habit as a tertiary. At a public hearing presided over by the Mandarin, after her arrest and torture, she stood up and cried out for her profession of faith. She was martyred in 1634.
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San Juan Macias
A cooperator-brother like St. Martin, he was born in Rivera, Spain in 1585. Embracing the Dominican way of life in 1623, he became a porter and set about at once serving the poor who came to the priory gate for alms. He is distinguished for his great devotion to the rosary and untiring supplications for the souls in purgatory.
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San Martin de Porres
Today's humble saint, son of a white Spanish father and a black Panamanian mother, was born in Lima, Peru in 1579. As a boy, he learned the art of healing. As a Dominican, he served as infirmarian,, healed the illness of the poor and also of animals. He led a life of profound prayer, penance and extraordinary spiritual gifts. He is the patron saint of the poor and the sick.
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Santa Rosa de Lima
The first saint of the America, she was born in Lima, Peru in 1586. An intelligent and efficient woman, she took St. Catherine of Siena as her model. At 15, she received the habit of the Third Order Dominican. In obedience to her parents, she did not enter the convent but lived at home a humble life of penance and mystical prayer.
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Santa Catalina de Ricci
Remarkable for her spirit of penance and life of contemplative prater, she received many extraordinary favors from God including the mystical espousals and sacred stigmata. Nonetheless, she was also an eminently practical person and an able administrator for 36 years as prioress of her community
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San Juan de Colognia
Born in Germany towards the end of the 16th century, he was sent to work in Holland, where he brought relief to the Catholics cruelly persecuted by the heretical Calvinists. With 18 other religious of different Orders and secular priests, he was hanged in 1572 for the defense of the Holy Eucharist and the Primacy of the Pope. He was beatified in 1675 and was canonized by Pius IX on June 29, 1867.
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San Luis Beltran
The Patron of all Dominican Novices and formation personnel, he volunteered for the foreign missions and was sent to Latin America. There he labored for over seven years among hostile Indian tribes of Columbia, Venezuela and the West Indies. He converted countless numbers through the miraculous gift of tongues.
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San Pio Quinto
Elected Pope in 1566, he accomplished great reforms in the Church, notably among the clergy and in the Roman Missal. By his prayers, especially the rosary, this Pope of the Rosary obtained from God the naval victory for the Christians in Lepanto. After fulfilling every duty of the "Pastor Bonus", he died on May 1, 1572
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