SM-October

Blessed Diego Aloysius de San Vitores, SJBorn: November 12, 1627 Died: April 2, 1672 Beatified : October 6, 1985 Diego Aloysius de san Vitores was born of noble parents in Burgos, Spain. While studying in the Imperial College in Madrid at the tender age of eleven, he had already made up his mind to enter…

Servant of God Salvador Garciduenas, SJBorn: August 6, 1856 Died: October 4, 1927 Beatified : Dec 21, 1992 Salvador Garciduenas, a Mexican, was born at Santa Clara del Cobre (today’s Villa Escalante), in the state of Michoacan. He came from a family of six children whose parents set great value on a good education for…

Blessed Jan Beyzym, SJBorn: May 15, 1850 Died: Oct 2, 1912 Beatified : Dec 21, 1992 Jan Beyzym, known in Madagascar as the Servant of Lepers, was a true pioneer in caring for lepers during the time when leprosy was incurable and those afflicted with leprosy were banished from society. He was born in the…

Servant of God FRANCIS RODRIGUES da CRUZ, SJ Born: July 29, 1859 Died: October 1, 1948 Francis Rodrigues da Cruz, was born in Alcochete, near Lisbon, Portugal. He was the fourth of six children of a timber lumberer. When he was nine, he and his brother went to Lisbon to continue their studies at the…