18 January

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Fondazione Azione Cattolica Scuola di Santità
CATHOLIC ACTION SCHOOL OF SANCTITY FOUNDATION
FUNDACIÓN ACCIÓN CATÓLICA ESCUELA DE SANTIDAD
Pio XI
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Saints
Blessed
Venerable
Servants of God
Roman phase
Servants of God
Diocesan phase
Significant figures
Fondazione Azione Cattolica Scuola di Santità
CATHOLIC ACTION SCHOOL OF SANCTITY FOUNDATION
FUNDACIÓN ACCIÓN CATÓLICA ESCUELA DE SANTIDAD
Pio XI
Saints
Blessed
Venerable
Servants of God
Roman phase
Servants of God
Diocesan phase
Significant figures

José Maria Gran Cirera and 9 Companions (Martyrs of the Quiché-Guatemala diocese)

Guatemala
Blessed
April 27, 1945, Barcelona - June 4, 1980, Chajul
Liturgical memory 04 June
Date of beatification April 23, 2021
Priest and 4 laymen of AC
Diocese Quiche
In AC
Domingo del Barrio Batz, married layman, engaged in Catholic Action
Rosalío Benito, catechist and very pastorally involved
Miguel Tiu Imul, a married layman, was director of Catholic Action and catechist
Juan barrera Méndez, was a Catholic Action boy.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND PROCEDURE OF THE CAUSE
Initiatives - News
Dissemination material
Quotes - Texts from the Witness or about the Witness
Publications - Media

DOMINGO DEL BARRIO BATZ
January 26, 1951, Ilom - June 4, 1980, Chajul
ROSALÍO BENITO
August 16, 1914, La Puerta * - July 22, 1980, La Puerta
MIGUEL TIU IMUL
September 5, 1941, Canton la Montaña - October 31, 1991, Parraxtut
JUAN BARRERA MÉNDEZ
August 4, 1967, Potrero Viejo - January 18 * 1980, La Vega
*local sources

Pope Leo XIV – General Audience, November 5, 2025

The recent feast of Saints
It suggests to me a reflection on the common vocation to holiness.
We are all called to be saints.
I therefore invite you to adhere more and more to Christ,
following the criteria of authenticity of which the Saints have given us the example.

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