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  St. Juan Diego - Catholic Online
Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the calpulli or ward of Tlayacac in Cuauhtitlan, which was established in 1168 by Nahua tribesmen and conquered by the Aztec lord Axayacatl in 1467; and was located 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City).
Juan Diego deeply loved the Holy Eucharist, and by special permission of the Bishop he received Holy Communion three times a week, a highly unusual occurrence in those times.
Consequently Guadalupe and Juan Diego have a deep ecclesial and missionary meaning and are a model of perfectly inculturated evangelization.
www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=73   (1755 words)

  
  Juan Diego
Juan lived a simple life as a weaver, farmer, and laborer.
Juan was shocked to find flowers growing in the frozen soil.
A miracle happened when Juan Diego had to prove to the bishop that the Virgin Mary had requested that he tell the bishop to build a church in her honor.
www.discountcatholicstore.com /juan_diego.htm   (469 words)

  
 Saint Juan Diego | www.sancta.org
In April of 1990 Juan Diego was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
ost historians agree that Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the calpulli or ward of Tlayacac in Cuauhtitlan, which was established in 1168 by Nahua tribesmen and conquered by the Aztec lord Axayacatl in 1467; and was located 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City).
Juan Diego then moves to live with his uncle Juan Bernardino in Tolpetlac, which was closer (9 miles) to the church in Tlatelolco -Tenochtitlan.
www.sancta.org /juandiego.html   (844 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Juan Diego   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On 20 December 2001 a second miracle attributed to Juan Diego's intervention was decreed by the Congregation and approved by Pope John Paul II.
At the dawn of Mexican evangelization Saint Juan Diego holds a place all by himself; according to tradition, his indigenous name was Cuauhtlatohuac, "The eagle who speaks".
Juan Diego too shines before you, raised by the Church to the honours of the altar; we can invoke him as the protector and the advocate of the indigenous peoples.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintjem.htm   (662 words)

  
 Juan Diego Catholic High School
Juan Diego Catholic High School is engaged in a partnership of parents, students, faculty and staff.
Since opening in 1999, Juan Diego has been accessible to families of diverse backgrounds, resulting in halls rich in culture, faith, tradition and experience.
Each student is challenged to expand the breadth of their knowledge and talents in addition to cultivating a reverence and respect for every human being.
www.jdchs.org   (172 words)

  
 Juan Diego
Juan Diego was born in 1474 with the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle") in Cuautlitlán, today part of Mexico City, Mexico.
On 9 December 1531, when Juan Diego was on his way to morning Mass, the Blessed Mother appeared to him on Tepeyac Hill, the outskirts of what is now Mexico City.
With the Bishop's permission, Juan Diego lived the rest of his life as a hermit in a small hut near the chapel where the miraculous image was placed for veneration.
www.ewtn.com /_saints/JuanDiego/index.htm   (553 words)

  
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Juan Bernardino said that the Virgin Mother had appeared to him and told him that she wished to be known as, “The Perfect Virgin, Holy Mary of Guadalupe”.
During his homily at Juan’s canonization Mass, Pope John Paul II remarked on the formation of the Mexican people and said, “In accepting the Christian message without forgoing his indigenous identity, Juan Diego discovered the profound truth of the new humanity, in which all are called to be children of God.
Juan Diego was a layman who was the apostle to Mexico and as such is the Model for the Lay Apostolate.
www.ourladyofguadalupe.org /saintjuandiego.htm   (4229 words)

  
 The Mystery of the Virgin of Guadalupe
She told Juan Diego it was her desire to have a church built on Tepeyac hill, and asked him to relay that message to Bishop Juan de Zumarraga.It was no easy task for the humble Indian to be granted an audience with the top prelate, but the persistent Juan Diego was finally admitted.
After the miracle of Guadalupe, Juan Diego moved to a room attached to the chapel that housed the sacred image, after having given his business and property to his uncle; and he spent the rest of his life propagating the account of the apparitions to his countrymen.
Juan Diego said to the Blessed Virgin Mary: "I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf" as a model of humility for all of us.
www.cancunsteve.com /guadalupe.htm   (1307 words)

  
 Juan Diego Catholic High School | Juan Diego rallies to win 2A title
It was a good thing Juan Diego had the heart and togetherness that each player expressed, because it faced some adversity and easily could have faded.
But for San Juan, a team that was on nobody's radar in the preseason, had worked and willed itself to this point and was not about to give up.
Juan Diego posted four runs in the fourth on Reather's two-RBI double and Jordan Butterfield's and Trevor Reeves' RBI singles.
www.jdchs.org /news.html?linkid=1009&page=info   (528 words)

  
 Father Pat's Place  :  :  :  Juan Diego
Juan Diego's native name was Cuauhtlatoatzin, which means "one who talks like an eagle," or "eagle who talks." He was likely part of the lowest and largest class in the Aztec emperor.
In April of 1990 Juan Diego was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Surprisingly she tells already has entrusted her son to Juan Diego, just in the moment he falls from balcony." Over the course of the next days it was decided to remove life support from the young man and allow him to die.
frpat.com /juandiego.htm   (817 words)

  
 Blessed Juan Diego - John M. Samaha - Homiletic & Pastoral Review - July 1999
To choose Juan Diego would stress the motherly concern of Mary, and highlight a special chapter in the loving care of the Queen of Apostles for her children.
Juan Diego, who has universal appeal, would be an inspiration for them and an example for those with whom they work.
Juan Diego was childlike and humble in his relationship with the natural world and the supernatural order.
www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Homiletic/July99/blessed.html   (1735 words)

  
 St. Juan Diego
Juan Diego to communicate to Bishop Juan de Zumárraga her desire that a church be built in her honor.
Juan obediently did so and found miraculous flowers growing in the middle of the frosty season that included Castilian roses that were native to the Bishop's homeland in Spain.
St. Juan Diego is the model for the lay apostolate and like him all of the lay faithful are called to be witnesses to spread our own personal roses of humility, obedience, charity, trust, and patience in our own time and place.
www.queenofpeace.ca /St_Juan_Diego.htm   (8776 words)

  
 CD Baby: JUAN DIEGO: Luminaria - from evor
Juan Diego moves us without disturbing us, transporting us to a world of flamenco sounds which makes us think we're in the paradise of the elect - for the "duende" that lies in the perfumed woods of his guitar.
Juan Diego isn't one of those guitarists who tends toward technical exhibitions of juggling acts on the guitar strings.
The voyage through Juan Diego's songs is also full of a rich variety of shades, timbres, and the voices that several guest artists contribute to this work.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/juandiego/from/evor   (976 words)

  
 THE LIVING CHURCH - Juan Diego, First of the Mexican People
Juan Diego, a pious man and a widower, was prone to long periods of silence.
Mary asked Juan Diego to tell the bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan named Juan de Zumárraga, that she wanted a “teocalli,” a sacred little house, to be built on the spot where she stood.
Juan Diego obeyed the Virgin, and went immediately to the bishop’s palace, but the bishop was doubtful and told Juan Diego he needed a sign.
www.catholic.net /the_living_church/template_article.phtml?channel_id=5&article_id=410   (1669 words)

  
 Juan Diego
Iconography of Juan Diego, linked to that of Guadalupe, multiplied in the 17th century, especially in places that were predominantly Indian.
In the work cited, "El encuentro de la Virgen de Guadalupe y Juan Diego", documents concerning "Guadalupe" were presented which date from the mid-16th century (from about 1555) to 1630: in all, there are 9 testaments, 2 documents concerning donations, 2 of a juridical kind (controversies); there are 11 references to Guadalupe in contemporary chronicles.
In the second half of the 16th century, and with greater momentum in the 17th century, Mexican Guadalupe was spread by the missionary friars and Spanish colonizers throughout the territory of present-day South America, from Mexico to the south of the continent.
www.ewtn.com /_saints/JuanDiego/apparition.htm   (3333 words)

  
 Don Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay cuando se refiere a la casa que su tío el oidor Pedro de Zárate tenía en Lima, se refiere como casa vascongada.
Juan de Garay describe que conoció a Robles en la casa de su tío ya muerto: "Porque aunque era muerto el licenciado, pasavan siempre en aquella casa vascongados servidores de V.A.(el rey) con quien Martín de Robles se acompañó".
Juan de Garay generoso como siempre puso a disposición del recién llegado parte de los bastimentos y cabalgaduras que estaba preparando.
www.juandegaray.org.ar /fvajg/docs/Juan_de_Garay   (2870 words)

  
 src= atencio2.gif;alt=;align=;ismap=;width=;height=;The Story of Juan Diego   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juan Diego was always in a hurry with much on his mind.
Juan Diego rushed to tell of his strange encounter and soon arrived at the palace of the Spanish Bishop.
The dark-skinned lady asked Juan Diego to take the roses to the Bishop and asked him to not open the tilma until he got to his destination.
www.msstate.edu /Fineart_Online/Gallery/Trophies/story/diego.htm   (784 words)

  
 Saint Juan Diego
An aztec native, Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the town of Cuautitlán.
Juan Diego spread out his tilma before Bishop Zumárraga and, at present, said tilma is located, intact and undamaged, in the Tepeyac Shrine.
There is also the date of 1548, year of the death of Juan Diego and that of Juan de Zumarraga OFM and the signature or the Friar Bernardino de Sahagun, authenticated by professors Guy Stresser Pean and Charles Dibble, the best current experts in Mexican codex.
www.interlupe.com.mx /3-e.html   (2551 words)

  
 San Juan Diego Catholic High School
The mission of San Juan Diego Catholic High School is to develop the mind, heart and soul of our community.
San Juan Diego is located on the campus of San José Catholic Church in the heart of south central Austin, near the intersection of South 1st and Oltorf streets (map).
Bishop Gregory Aymond and the Diocese of Austin recognized the acute need for a new Catholic high school in the city and opened San Juan Diego in August 2002.
www.juandiegoprep.org   (327 words)

  
 Dorothy Day's Pilgrimage Continues at Casa Juan Diego
Celebrating 25 Years: Casa Juan Diego Opens to Help Poor Immigrants and Refugees in Houston
The Incarnation at Casa Juan Diego: The Mystery of the Birth of Jesus
Easter at Casa Juan Diego Center for Immigrants and Refugees; Catholic Worker Hospitality, Easter 2000
www.cjd.org /paper/pilgrim.html   (335 words)

  
 Saint Juan Diego Guild  for Chil
Each December 9, the Feast of St. Juan Diego, the Holy Mass will be offered for the spiritual well-being of the Guild members.
1) In imitation of Juan's obedience to Mary, the Mother of God and Mother of America, the child is encouraged to perform one act of charity/obedience toward parents each week;
Over time, the prayer will become part of the daily prayer life of the child and St. Juan Diego will be called upon as an intercessor;
www.guadalupeshrine.org /Diego/Home.asp   (255 words)

  
 St. Juan Diego: New World Apostle - July 2002 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
Juan Diego was and continues to be just such an exemplary figure, and he becomes even more heroic when seen in the context of his time.
Although his neighbors probably saw Juan Diego as a “wise man,” he was almost certainly considered inferior and backward by the invading Europeans, who regarded the ancient wisdom as diabolic rubbish.
Juan Diego is not only the first evangelizer of America, but also the hope of the downtrodden in today’s world.
www.americancatholic.org /Messenger/Jul2002/Feature1.asp   (2878 words)

  
 St Juan Diego   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Juan Diego deeply loved the Holy Eucharist, and by special permission of the Bishop he received Holy Communion three times a week, a highly unusual occurrence in those times.
Pope John Paul II praised Juan Diego for his simple faith nourished by catechesis and pictured him (who said to the Blessed Virgin Mary: �I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf�) as a model of humility for all of us.
Prayer: Blessed Juan, you faced the skepticism and rejection of a bishop and the crowds to bring Mary's message to Mexico.
home.austin.rr.com /sanjuandiego/diego.htm   (552 words)

  
 Juan Diego
The Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 in Tepeyac, a small hill and former sanctuary to the Aztec goddess Tonanzin.
Juan Diego’s native name Cuauhtlatoazin (“one who speaks like an eagle”;) means one who speaks with great authority.
Because of Juan Diego’s evangelization, an estimated nine million Indians converted to the Christianity of La Moreñita (the beloved dark virgin)—Christ now incarnated in the American soul.
www.americancatholic.org /News/JuanDiego/default.asp   (427 words)

  
 Centro Comunitario Juan Diego
Centro Comunitario Juan Diego (CCJD) is a grassroots organization located in Southeast Chicago and serving the people of the South Chicago neighborhood (83rd to 95th Street, South Chicago Avenue to Lake Michigan).
By 1993, when Centro Comunitario Juan Diego set up shop on current Executive Director Olivia Hernandez's front porch, many of the Spanish-speaking residents of South Chicago were openly expressing their sense of outrage and despair at their cultural, linguistic and economic isolation, especially those most vulnerable to exploitation, the undocumented.
In 1994, Centro Comunitario Juan Diego was incorporated in the state of Illinois, and in 1996 it obtained the 501(c) (3) not-for-profit status.
www.ccjuandiego.org /history.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Juan Diego, flamenco guitarist: official website
Learning toque jerezano from native maestros such as El Carbonero and José Luis Balao, Juan Diego delved into the study of flamenco guitar scarcely at the age of ten.
Juan Diego launches his first solo album, 'Luminaria', in autumn 2003, with the collaboration of musicians such as Jorge Pardo, Carles Benavent, Remedios Amaya and Diego Carrasco.
The international high-quality audio company Bose has chosen the Jerez-born guitarist and his music as the stars of the demo DVD to be used to promote their new home cinema equipment beginning in summer 2005.
www.juandiegoflamenco.info /bio.htm   (275 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : December 09, 2005 : Juan Diego (USA)
Today the Church in the United States celebrates the optional memorial of St. Juan Diego, an Indian convert, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared as he was going to Mass in Tlatlelolco, Mexico.
She left a marvelous portrait of herself on the mantle of Juan Diego as a sign for the Bishop.
Pray to St. Juan Diego for migrant Mexican workers who come to the USA trying to support their families.
www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-12-09   (986 words)

  
 -- Beliefnet.com
Juan Diego is more well-known than any king, queen, bishop, missionary, or conquistador of that era.
On the day Mary promised that Juan Diego would receive this sign, his uncle Juan Bernardino was dying of a disease introduced by the Europeans.
Juan Diego's story and the miraculous apparition on his tilma brought about the conversion of thousands.
www.beliefnet.com /story/109/story_10969_1.html   (924 words)

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