b'Open Causes Colegio Nuestra Seora del Pilar, a primary throughsecondary school operated by the Marianists in MadridVENERABLE MARIE-THRSE DE Father Lzaro as president and Father Libar LAMOUROUS, COLLABORATOR as chaplain.Marie-Thrse de Father Lzaro had overseen the consolidation ofLamourouss influence Colegio del Pilar and the province offices in a largeon the Marianist Family complex in central Madrid; this was while he serveddates to 1800the as the first native Spaniard provincial in his country.earliest days of the He also established Marianist educational outposts inmovement foundedpoor areas of the city and around the country, includingby Blessed William Ciudad Real, where he had a strong connection toJoseph Chaminade.Marianist Brother Carlos Eraaamong the threeBorn into French Blessed Marianist Martyrs of Ciudad Real.nobility in 1754, de His impact as an educator lives on today with theLamourous persevered Catholic Schools Association of Spain, which evolvedin the underground from the Federation of the Friends of Teaching. FatherVenerable Marie-Thrse deCatholic Church during Lzaro founded the Federation in 1930. He was declaredLamourous the French Revolution Venerable in 2019.and Catholic persecution from 1789 to 1800. At onepoint, she even served as de facto pastor of her parish VENERABLE VICENTE LPEZ in Pian, even hearing confessions though without DE URALDE, SM, PRIESToffering absolutions. Importantly, she developed a A contemporary of thefriendship with Blessed Chaminade, who became her Blessed Marianistspiritual director before being exiled to Spain in 1797. Martyrs of MadridAfter Blessed Chaminade returned from exile in 1800, and of Ciudad Real, asthey combined to help rebuild the Catholic Church well as Servant of Godin France, forming small, faith-based communities Marianist Brother Juan(called sodalities) in Bordeaux that formed the basis of Vergareche Larraaga,the Marianist family. She then worked with Blessed Marianist Father VicenteMaria de la Conception to found the Daughters of Mary Lpez de Uralde was Immaculate (Marianist Sisters) in 1816 and teamed a stalwart in Spanishwith Blessed Chaminade to found the Society of education as a vowedMary in 1817. Marianist.Her cause for sainthood was opened in 1923, and Born in 1884, heshe became Venerable in 1989. The Sisters of theprofessed first vows in Venerable Vicente Lpez deMisricorde, which she founded, are leading her cause. 1911 and final vows in Uralde, SM1917. He was ordained in 1925, then missioned toVENERABLE DOMINGO LZAROColegio San Filippo Neri in Cdiz for the next 62CASTRO, SM, PRIEST years as a teacher and chaplain. Though the schoolMarianist Father was overtaken by militiamen during the SpanishDomingo LzaroCivil War and Catholics endured persecution andCastro died at age 58 martyrdom, Father Lpez continued teaching, with in 1935, just beforea joyous demeanor, happily teaching the faith to theviolence erupted in the boys in his charge, while also defending the faith and,Spanish Civil War. He at times, the Eucharist.was close friends with When he retired from teaching in 1964, he devotedFather Miguel Libar the rest of life to hearing confessions, often spendingGaray, among the four eight-hour days granting absolution to people whoBlessed Marianistsought him out.Martyrs of Madrid. They He died in 1990 at age 96. He was declared Vener-Venerable Domingo Lzaro Castro, SM ministered together at able in 2023.IMAGES COURTESY OF: NATIONAL ARCHIVES, MARIANIST PROVINCE OF THE US; NORTH AMERICAN CENTER FOR MARIANIST STUDIES; AND CURIA GENERALIZIA DEI MARIANISTI marianist.com/donate 17'