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LASALLIAN SAINTS AND MARTYRS
January 18
Blessed Brother Jaime Hilario (1898 - 1937)
(Manuel Barbal Cosan)
Blessed Brother Jaime Hilario was born on January 2, 1898 in Enviny,
Diocese of Urgel, Lleida, Spain. He grew up in a Christian family atmosphere
in the countryside and in 1917 entered the novitiate of the Brothers of the
Christian Schools at Irun. He began his teaching and catechetical ministry at
Mollerusa, then in Manresa, Iliana, Pibrac (near Toulouse, France), Calaf and
Cambrils. At 28, he pronounced his perpetual vows.
At the outset of the Spanish Civil War, Blessed Brother Hilario was at Mollerusa.
On August 24, 1936, he was imprisoned at Lleida, and in December of the same year he
was transferred to Tarragona. Together with many other religious and lay people, he was
incarcerated at Mahon, in a ship transformed into a prison. On January 5, 1937, he was
given a summary trial. Three days later, he was executed in the forest called the Mount
of Olives, near the cemetery of Tarragona. His last words were. “To die for Christ, young
people, is to live”. He was beatied by Pope John Paul II on April 29, 1990.
January 30
Saint Mutien – Marie Wiaux (1841 - 1917)
(Louise – Joseph Wiaux)
Saint Mutien – Marie was born in Mellet, Belgium on March 20,
1841. Having joined the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools,
he dedicated himself for more than fty years to the education of
children in the Brother’s boarding school at Malonne, Belgium. To
his pupils, their parents and especially to his religious confreres, his
religious observance of the rule was worth emulating. He died at
Malonne, Belgium, on January 30, 1917. He was beatied by Pope Paul VI on October 30,
1977 and canonized by Pope John Paul II on December 10, 1989.
February 9
Saint Miguel Febres Cordero (1854 - 1910)
(Francisco Febres Cordero)
Francisco Febres Cordero was born on November 7, 1854 in
Cuenca, Ecuador. He was one of the rst students in the new school that
the Brothers opened in Cuenca in 1863. He received the habit of the
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with the name Brother
Miguel on March 24, 1868. After having taught literature and the natural
sciences, outstanding as a scholar and saint, he was also an epitome of
kindness and affability. The Academy of Ecuador named him one of its
members. Brother Miguel died at Premia de Nar, near Barcelona, Spain, on February 9,
1910. He was beatied by Pope Paul VI on October 30, 1977 and canonized by Pope Paul
II on October 21, 1984.