August 12
Buenaventura García Paredes, Miguel Léibar Garay and 40 companions (+ 1936)
Religious martyrs
Buenaventura García Paredes, Miguel Léibar and forty Dominicans and Marianists died in various places in Madrid in 1936.
Biography
Teachers, missionaries, trainers and brothers offered their lives rather than breaking their communion with Christ and the Church. The Church recognized in his dedication a true martyrdom, lived with fidelity, hope and forgiveness.
Practical advice
Accompany a consecrated person who is going through loneliness, fatigue or misunderstanding.
Example of
Missionary zealEvangelizationSacrifice