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Nuestra Señora De Aránzazu
Our Lady of Aránzazu (; ) is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The replica in the Philippines is known as a wonderworking image due to claims of healing and delivery from flood. It retains its standing posture despite controversy owing to the original image in Oñati, Spain, being seated. History The history of Christianity in San Mateo, Rizal dates back to the early Spanish era of 1596, when the Augustinians built the first settlements in the area. On 29 August 1596, the first parish church was built under the patronage of Saint Matthew the Apostle. On 6 December 1696, the Jesuits arrived and gained control of the church and town. In 1705, the Jesuit Juan de Echazabal changed the patronage of the town from Saint Matthew to the Virgin of Aránzazu, which he introduced. In 1716, a new church was built on the site of the present one and placed under the patronage of the Virgin. The first image of the Virgin was brought to the Philippines by a Spanish captain fro ...
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San Mateo, Rizal
San Mateo, officially the Municipality of San Mateo (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Rizal (province), Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 273,306. Conurbation, Conurbated to the urban agglomeration of the Greater Manila Area, San Mateo is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Rizal Province, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Provincial Government of Rizal. It is a Commuter town, commuter hub to Metro Manila. San Mateo is the home of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Aranzazu (Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu). History Spanish Colonial Era In his book ''Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas'', Father Gaspar de San Agustín records what is now San Mateo in 1572 to be a satellite settlement of Pasig. He described the inhabitants being “fierce but friendly and of quiet disposition.” Father Juan de Medina, in his account ''Relación de lo ...
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Colegio De San Juan De Letran
The Colegio de San Juan de Letran (), also referred to by its acronym CSJL, is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution owned and run by the friars of the Order of Preachers in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the Philippines and the oldest secondary institution in Asia. The school has produced Philippine presidents, revolutionary heroes, poets, legislators, members of the clergy, jurists, and it is also one of the only Philippine schools that has produced several Catholic saints who lived and studied on its campus. The school's patron saint is St. John the Baptist. The campus contains two statues, representing the two foremost alumni in the fields of secular and religious service: former Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and Vietnamese Saint Vicente Liem de la Paz. Letran has programs in Business, Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, ...
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Robert Sarah
Robert Sarah (; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021. He previously served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples under Pope John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Council ''Cor Unum'' under Pope Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Following the death of Pope Francis in 2025, Sarah was mentioned as a ''papabile'', a leading candidate for the papacy, by international media outlets such as ''Le Monde'' and ''The Guardian'', and by Catholic publications including ''Crux'' and the ''Catholic Herald''. Early life and education Sarah was born in Ourous, a rural village in then French Guinea, on 15 June 1945, the son of cultivators and converts to Christianity from animism. He is a member of the Coniagui ethnic group in northern Guinea. In 1957, at age 12, he entered Saint Augustine Minor Se ...
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