Saturday, September 19 · Ordinary Time
Saint Alonso De Orozco Mena
Saint Alonso De Orozco Mena, also known as Alfonso de Orozco or Alphonsus de Orozco, was born on 17 October 1500 in Oropesa, Toledo, Spain. He was the son of the governor of a castle and grew up in a privileged household.
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A teacher who founded the Missionaries of Charity and brought the needs of abandoned people before the world.
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A Sudanese survivor of slavery who chose religious life and became a witness to freedom, hope, and forgiveness.
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The Maronite monk of Annaya whose hidden life of prayer became the centre of a worldwide devotion.
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A North African teacher, convert, and bishop whose searching account of the self became inseparable from the responsibilities and conflicts of his Church.
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A Dominican friar whose teaching joined patient argument, biblical study, and prayer in a sustained search for truth.
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