Biography of the mulatto saint, from Peru, Dominican tertiary, called Fray Escoba

1. SAINT
MARTIN
de
PORRES

2. Martin was the son of a Spaniard from the Order of Alcántara,
Don Juan de Porres (according to some documents, the original
surname was Porras) born in the city of Burgos,and of a free black
woman, Ana Velázquez, a native of Panama who lived in Lima

3. Martín de Porres was baptized on December 9,
1579 in the Church of San Sebastián in Lima

4. Ana Velázquez gave her two children, Martin and Joana
a Christian education. Juan de Porres was stationed in
Guayaquil, and from there he provided them with sustenance

5. Martín de Porres
in Lima, was
placed under the
care of Doña
Isabel García
Michel in the
suburb of
Malambo, in
the lower part of
the San Lázaro
neighborhood,
inhabited by
blacks and other
racial groups.

6. Lima antigua

7. In 1591 he received the sacrament of Confirmation
from Archbishop Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo.

8. Martín began his apprenticeship as an apothecary in the house of Mateo
Pastor. Apothecaries performed minor cures and administered remedies
for common cases. He was also an apprentice to the barber and surgeon
Marcelo de Ribera, a trade in which he acquired knowledge of minor surgery.

9. In Martín, the Spanish, Andean and African medicinal traditions
converged; he used to grow a variety of plants in a garden which
he later used to make remedies for the poor and sick. He
started his work as a nurse between 1604 and 1610

10. he took the pulse, palpated, bandaged, splinted,
pulled teeth, removed bandages, suctioned
bleeding wounds, and skillfully laid hands etc.

11. In 1594, at the age of fifteen, and at the invitation of Fray Juan de Lorenzana,
a famous Dominican, theologian and man of virtue, he entered the Order of
Santo Domingo de Guzmán under the category of "donated", that is, as
tertiary. Thus he lived 9 years, practicing the most humble trades

12. He was admitted as a brother of the order in 1603.
He persevered in his vocation despite the opposition
of his father, and in 1606 he became a friar professing
the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

13. Martin
entered the
monastery
of Santo
Domingo
in Lima

14. The future saint was
frugal, abstinent
and vegetarian.
He slept only two or
three hours, mostly
in the afternoons.
He always wore
a simple white
cordellate habit with
a long black cape.

15. Martín was a
follower of the
saintly models
of Santo
Domingo de
Guzmán,
Saint Joseph,
Saint Catherine
of Siena and
Saint Vincent
Ferrer

16. Martin showed great devotion for
the cross and the Eucharist.

17. He was a healer
of the sick,
especially the
poorest and most
needy,to whom
he did not
hesitate to give
away the clothes
of the sick.

18. His became very famous and many very needy people came.

20. he dedicated himself solely to practicing charity,
which he extended to all the ethnic groups.
His many difficulties did not take away his good humour

21. The invalides waited for him at the gate so that he could
cure them of their illnesses or give them food. Martin
tried not to show off and did this very discretely

22. He would even
bring the poor
and sick to his
own cell and,
when corrected
by one of the
conventuals
for reasons
of closure,
he claimed his
motives arose
from charity

23. The superior reprimanded him for taking patients into the cloister

24. He answered – “before charity, there is no precept,
not even obedience" because "charity always has
open doors, and the sick have no closure".

25. As his person and name commanded respect, he had to intervene in
the sanation of irregular marriages, settling disputes, ruling on
lawsuits and reconciling families. With very clear criteria he advised
at times the Viceroy and the archbishop in delicate matters

26. Despite having a well-stocked
cupboard in his cell with herbs,
bandages and his work
instruments, he only had
boards and a pallet as a bed.

27. On one occasion, the Convent had serious economic difficulties and
the Prior was forced to sell some valuable objects. In view of this,
Martín de Porres offered to be sold as a slave to remedy the crisis.

28. He taught
Christian doctrine
and faith of Jesus
Christ to the blacks
and Indians and
rural people who
attended to listen
to him in the
streets and on the
farms near the
properties of the
Order located in
Limatambo

30. He founded the
Asylum and School
of Santa Cruz to
bring together all
the homeless,
orphans and
beggars and help
them get out of
their painful
situation

31. The money from
Don Mateo Pastor
and Francisca
Vélez was used to
open the Schools
for Orphans of
Santa Cruz,
where the children
received care and
were taught
about Christ

32. he took care of the animals, especially when
he saw them injured or lacking food

33. He was said to have control over nature,
plants germinated before their time and all
kinds of animals attended to his commands

34. Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Rosa de Lima,
also a Dominican tertiary, met each other a few times.

35. San Martin knew Juan Macias, also a Domenican tertiary

36. Martin's charismatic personality was sought after by people from
all walks of life and social strata. High dignitaries of the Church and the
Government, simple people, rich and poor, all found relief in Martin for
their spiritual, physical or material needs. His entire disposition and his
unconditional help to his neighbor caused him to be seen as a holy man

37. Martin always aspired to
carry out a missionary
vocation in distant
countries.
They often heard him talk
about the Philippines,
China and especially
Japan, a country that he
once claimed to know

38. He is credited with the gift of bilocation. Without leaving Lima,
he was seen in Mexico, Africa, China and Japan, encouraging
missionaries who were in difficulty or healing the sick.

39. While he remained locked in his cell,
they saw him arrive at the bedside
of certain dying people to comfort
or heal them. - Many saw him enter
and leave the premises with the
doors closed. Sometimes he would
leave the convent to attend to a
seriously ill person, and he would
later re-enter without having a key
to the door and without anyone
opening it.

40. "I heal you, God cures you" was the phrase he always used
to say to avoid displays of veneration for his person

42. Many testimonies affirmed that when he prayed with great
devotion, he levitated and did not see or hear the people.

43. Occasionally he could be
seen in ecstasy, elevated
above the ground, during
his long nocturnal prayers
before the holy Cross,
ignoring the natural
need for sleep.
He was permanently
devoted to the Eucharist,
and was always present
at mass at dawn

44. clairvoyance
He used to appear
before the poor and
sick bringing them
certain foods,
medicines or objects
that they had not
requested, but were
secretly wanted or
needed by them.

45. Around 1619 he began to suffer from quartans, very high fevers
that occurred every four days; This disease worsened and lasted
the rest of his life, yet he continued to fulfill his obligations.

46. he was credited with
the ability to predict
life his own and that
of others, including
the time of death.
At the age of sixty,
Martin de Porres fell
ill and announced
that the time had
come to meet
the Lord

47. Currently his remains rest in the Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo
in Lima, (Peru) along with the remains of Santa Rosa de Lima and
San Juan Masías in the so-called "Altar of the Peruvian Saints".

48. In 1660,
the Archbishop of Lima,
Pedro de Villagómez,
began collecting
evidence of the
virtues and miracles
of Martín de Porres
to promote his
beatification.
His beatification process
lasted until 1837 when
he was beatified by Pope
Gregory XVI.

49. Pope John XXIII felt
a true devotion for
Martin de Porres.
On May 6, 1962,
before a crowd of forty
thousand people from
various parts of the
world, he canonized
him by naming him
"Patron Saint of
Social Justice".

50. Virgin Mary and Saint Martin de Porres, help me this day to be
more helpful to the people around me and thus grow in true holiness.

51. SAINTS OF PERU - Rosa de Lima, Martin,
Juan Macias, Solano, Mogrovejo

52. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of
Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of
Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of
John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of
families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war
1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph

53. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial
Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola