February 1
Luis Variara (1875–1923)
Salesian missionary religious
Practical advice
Look today at the capabilities of a person whom others define by their illness or limitation and entrust them with real responsibility.
Biography
Italian Salesian and missionary in Colombia, Luis Variara was sent to the Agua de Dios lazaret, where he accompanied leprosy patients. There he exercised the priesthood with joy, organized music and activities for young people and founded the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts, also made up of sick women or daughters of sick people, to whom other religious doors were then closed. He suffered transfers and misunderstandings without abandoning his mission. He learned among the sick that no limitation prevents a fruitful life for God.
Example of
Missionary zealEvangelizationConsecrated life