Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (1. A year later a revolution erupted and by 1. Jesuits were forced to flee. Via Texas, California, Nicaragua, and Spain, Miguel received his seminary training en route to Belgium, where he was ordained in 1. The Jesuits sent Padre Pro to Mexico City in 1. Just twenty- three days after Padre Pro arrived, President Calles banned all public worship. Since he was not known as a priest, Padre Pro went about clandestinely. He also did as much as he could to relieve the material suffering of the poor. In a letter he gave this faith- filled account: We carry on like slaves. I assure you that I spin like a top from here to there with such luck as is the exclusive privilege of petty thieves. Their clothing is falling off them in pieces, three are sick in bed and there isn. Miguel Pro Mission, Broomfield, CO. The Miguel Pro Mission was established to bring hope to the poor in the city of Juarez, Mexico. Due in part to Blessed Miguel’s witness, the Mexican government was shamed and an uprising gained the strength to stand up to religious persecution, as well as. Once I was walking along with a woman. You can have it for fifty pesos which I beg you to send to such- and- such a family. That will be a fiasco for me who sighs to go to heaven and start tossing off arpeggios on the guitar with my guardian angel. In November 1. 92. Calles. All three brothers were rounded up and condemned to death. Feast Day: November 23 Beatified: September 25, 1988 Venerated: November 10, 1986. After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jose. Miguel Pro was born January 13, 1891, at Guadalupe Zacatecas, Mexico. From his childhood, high spirits and happiness were the most outstanding characteristics of his. Born on January 13, 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez was the eldest son of Miguel Pro and Josefa Juarez. Miguelito, as his doting family called. Blessed Miguel's life was, tragically, very short, thereby leaving a dearth of information for biographers and promoters of the cause for Miguel's canonization. The youngest was pardoned, but Padre Pro and his brother Humberto were executed by a firing squad. Calles had news photographers present, expecting the Pros to die cowardly. But Padre Pro refused the blindfold and welcomed the bullets with his arms extended in the form of a cross, crying out, . He also played them in death. President Calles thought executing Padre Pro publicly would demoralize Catholics, but it had the opposite effect. Miguel even promised to joke in heaven.
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