All Jesuit Saints & Martyrs for December

 All Jesuit Saints & Martyrs for December

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Martyrs The demographics of Christian martyrdom, AD 33–AD 2001

 

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Demographics is both a science and an art. Part 4 applies this knowledge to a startling phenomenon: the killings of 70 mil-.

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Jesuit martyrs of the Spanish Civil War

 Jesuit martyrs of the Spanish Civil War are numerous Jesuit priests and brothers who were killed for their faith between 1936 and 1939. They are considered martyrs because they were often killed due to anti-religious sentiments, and many were executed in brutal circumstances by Republican forces, often simply for their religious vocation. 

• The "Martyrs of Gandía and Valencia": A group of 11 Jesuits, including Father Tomás Sitjar, were killed between August 19 and December 29, 1936, in Gandía and Valencia. Sitjar was the first to die, and his companions included priests like Father Pablo Bori Puig and Father Juan Bautista Ferreres Boluda, as well as Brothers.
• Other Jesuit martyrs: Many other Jesuits were also killed, and their stories are chronicled on sites like Hagiography Circle and Jesuit Prayer Ministry.
• Context of the violence: The persecution of religious figures was part of a broader wave of anticlerical violence during the war, where revolutionaries targeted churches and clergy with anti-religious sentiment.
• Church recognition: The Catholic Church officially recognized many of these victims as martyrs, with the Vatican beatifying some of them, such as Father Tomás Sitjar and his companions. 

Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War

 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War were thousands of Roman Catholics, including clergy, religious, and laity, who were executed between 1936 and 1939 for their faith during a period of widespread anti-Catholic violence known as the Red Terror. Notable groups include the 233 martyrs of Valencia and the 522 Spanish Martyrs, and individuals like Pedro Poveda. The Catholic Church has recognized over 2,000 martyrs through beatification and canonization processes. 

Key facts

• Victims: 

  Approximately 6,832 members of the Catholic clergy were killed, along with many religious and lay people, including men, women, and children. 
Cause of death: 
They were executed for their faith, not for political or criminal reasons, in a persecution described as being driven by "anti-religious and anti-Christian sentiments". 
Notable groups:
Martyrs of Turon: Eight La Salle Brothers and one Passionist Brother killed in 1934. 
522 Spanish Martyrs: A large group of clergy, religious, and laypeople from various parts of Spain. 
233 Spanish Martyrs (or Martyrs of Valencia): Beatified in 2001, this was the largest number of people to be beatified at one time. 
Passionist Martyrs of Daimiel: A group of Passionist brothers killed in 1936. 
Church recognition: 
Pope John Paul II initiated the recognition of these martyrs, with subsequent popes continuing the process. To date, over 2,000 Spanish Civil War martyrs have been recognized and beatified. 

SAINTS NOVEMBER 26

SAINTS NOVEMBER 26

St. Dominic Doan Xuyen, Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam, beheaded with St. Thomas Du. He was a Vietnamese Dominican. Feastday Nov.26

Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers. Feastday: November 26

St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Roman Catholic Franciscan Monk. Proponent of the Blessed Sacrament, the devotion of the Sacred Heart, and the Stations of the Cross, as well as the Immaculate Conception. Nov 26

Bl. Gaetana Sterni, Roman Catholic Nun and foundress of "Daughters of the Divine Will"

ST. SYLVESTER, ABBOTT, FOUNDER OF SILVESTRINE-BENDECTINE

ST. SIRICIUS, POPE-

When Siricius became Pope in 384, he immediately established a good relationship with St Ambrose of Milan. He was moderate and balanced in his administration of the Church; and historically is one of the first Popes we see exercising the papal primacy.  Nov 26

https://www.jesuit.org.sg/nov-john-berchmans-sj/

 

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