August 12
Buenaventura García Paredes, Miguel Léibar Garay and 40 companions (+ 1936)
Religious martyrs
Practical advice
Accompany a consecrated person who is going through loneliness, fatigue or misunderstanding.
Biography
Buenaventura García Paredes, Miguel Léibar and forty Dominicans and Marianists died in various places in Madrid in 1936. 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.
Example of
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