Bl. Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago Biography
Bl. Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | November 22 1918 |
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| Country of Birth | Venezuela of South America |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Bl.s who were Not Married |
| Profession | Evangelist |
| Place of Work | Puerto Rico |
| Date of Death | July 13 1963 |
| Place of Death | Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Feast Day | July 13 |
| Beatification | Pope John Paul II |
| Canonization | N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Bl. Carlos Biography
Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago, second of five youngsters destined to Manuel Baudilio Rodriguez and Herminia Santiago; theirs was a devout family as one of his sisters is a Carmelite religious recluse, one sibling a Benedictine priest, the first Puerto Rican to be an abbot. At the point when Carlos was six years of age, the family store and home were caught fire, and the Rodriguezes moved in with his mom’s family.
Carlos invested energy with his devout maternal grandma Alexjandrina Esteras who was a noteworthy effect on him. At age 9, Carlos wrestled a raging pooch that had grabbed up his 1-year-old cousin; Carlos was gravely injured in the battle, bit his cousin made due to carry on with a long life. Carlos experienced ulcerative colitis from age 13, which interfered with a splendid insightful profession; he finished secondary school, yet it was quite a long while before he could proceed onward to school.
Youth
Carlos never left behind an opportunity to fill in as a church youth. He functioned as an office assistant until 1946, and attempted to go to the University of Puerto Rico, however his wellbeing counteracted it. In the wake of accepting a couple of exercises, he instructed himself to play piano and organ, and wanted to go through days climbing in the field.
Filled in as an office representative at Caguas, Puerto Rico, and at the University of Puerto Rico Agriculture Experiment Station. Some portion of his works was as an interpreter, changing over English archives to Spanish. He at that point utilized his making an interpretation of aptitudes to compose, and with his humble pay to distribute, the magazines Liturgy and Christian Culture. With the assistance of Father McWilliams, he established a Liturgy Circle at Caguas. With Father McGlone, he composed the ensemble Te Deum Laudamus.
Work
Carlos’ primary missional work was at Catholic University Center, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico where he proselytized understudies and educators. He sorted out another Liturgy Circle (Christian Culture Circle), and distributed Christian Life Days to help college understudies appreciate the ritualistic seasons. An individual from the Brotherhood of Christian Doctrine, Holy Name Society, and Knights of Columbus, he instructed questioning to secondary school understudies, energized formal recharging among pastorate and people, and worked for dynamic support of the common people, the utilization of vernacular language, and dedication to the Paschal Vigil – all before Vatican II.
As the years passed by, his health declined further. He experienced rectal cancer, and the wretchedness of forceful medical procedure in 1963. At a certain point in this wretchedness he felt himself deserted by God, however before long rediscovered his confidence and energy, and was a guide to all of euphoria amidst torment.
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