-St John of Avila, by El Greco, please click on the image for greater detail The saints are made saints together… -originally published in The Catholic Voice of the Archdiocese of Omaha St. John of Avila is a little-known Spanish saint who helped or influenced many more saints we know much better. He was born […]
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May 10 – St John of Avila, Doctor of the Church: sharing in the sufferings & consolation of Christ | ADULT CATECHESIS & CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LITERACY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION: Contemplata aliis tradere, Caritas suprema lex, or “How to think Catholic!!”
“Praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercy and God of all consolation who consoles us in all our trials and enables us to console others who are being tried, for we urge them on as God urges us on. As we share generously in the sufferings of […]
May 10 – St John of Avila, (1499-1569) – Doctor of the Church, Apostle of Andalusia | ADULT CATECHESIS & CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LITERACY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION: Contemplata aliis tradere, Caritas suprema lex, or “How to think Catholic!!”
-by Pierre Subleyras (1746) Saint John of Ávila, called the “Apostle of Andalusia” was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic. John was born in Almodóvar del Campo, in the Province of Ciudad Real, of a wealthy and pious family of Jewish converso descent. At the age of fourteen he was sent to the […]