Next Sunday, November 6th, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, in communion with the entire Church worldwide, celebrates the memory of Theophilus and his companions, martyred in Spain. The five blessed individuals are in the process of canonization and belong to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On November 27, 2010, the mortal remains of the five religious of the Congregation, martyred during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and whose decree of martyrdom was approved by Benedict XVI on July 3, 2009, were buried in the Church of the Sacred Hearts in Madrid. Their remains are in the chapel of Saint Damien of Molokai, who was called the "Martyr of Charity" for sacrificing his life to serve the most marginalized in society: those suffering from leprosy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who are Theophilus and his fellow martyrs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On July 18, 1936, there was a military uprising against the government of the Second Spanish Republic. This led to the civil war of 1936-1939. During this time, fourteen religious members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts gave their lives, but the cause for canonization of only five of them was presented. The reason is that the exact details of the other nine are unknown, as are the circumstances of their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, for the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, the first five are considered martyrs, as we read in... \u201cPositio super Martyrio\u201d<\/em> by Father Te\u00f3filo Fern\u00e1ndez de Legaria Go\u00f1i and four companions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuring this period of the (Spanish) Civil War, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts suffered 14 victims: five from the community of Madrid, three from Barcelona, \u200b\u200bfive from El Escorial, and one from the community of Torrelavega. Here we present only five of them, whose deaths we were able to determine. It is not known for certain where the rest died, or very little is known. There is only some circumstantial evidence of what may have happened. It is also not known where they were buried. However, for the Congregation, they are as much martyrs as the other five who are now being presented to the ecclesiastical authorities to be officially recognized with the title and honors of martyrs of the faith. The names of these five are:<\/em> They were beatified<\/strong> in October 13, 2013<\/strong> , in Tarragona<\/strong> (Spain), along with more than 500 martyrs from the same period. This is the testimony of our martyred brothers. May this testimony help the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts to live its vocation with great fidelity and continue to bear witness to the love of Christ's pierced heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No pr\u00f3ximo domingo, dia 06 de novembro, a Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es em comunh\u00e3o com toda a Igreja no mundo celebra a mem\u00f3ria de Te\u00f3filo e seus companheiros, martirizados na Espanha. Os cinco bem-aventurados, est\u00e3o em processo de Canoniza\u00e7\u00e3o e pertencem \u00e0 Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es de Jesus e de Maria. No dia 27 de novembro de 2010, os restos mortais dos cinco religiosos da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, martirizados durante a Guerra Civil Espanhola (1936 – 1939) e cujo decreto de mart\u00edrio foi aprovado por Bento XVI em 3 de julho de 2009, foram sepultados na Igreja dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es em Madrid . Seus restos mortais est\u00e3o na capela […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Father Te\u00f3filo Fern\u00e1ndez de Legaria Go\u00f1i<\/strong>\u00a0, executed on August 11, 1936;<\/em>
Father Isidro \u00cd\u00f1iguez de Ciriano<\/strong>\u00a0, executed by firing squad on the night of October 2-3, 1936;<\/em>
Fr. Gonzalo Barr\u00f3n Nanclares<\/strong>\u00a0, executed by firing squad on the night of September 1-2, 1936;<\/em>
Fr. Eladio L\u00f3pez Ramos<\/strong>\u00a0, shot dead on the night of August 8-9, 1936;<\/em>
e\u00a0Fr. Mario Ros Ezcurra<\/strong>\u00a0, executed by firing squad on the night of August 14-15, 1936, in Madrid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n