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St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Aloysius Gonzaga 2020/21 Feast Day: June 21 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga receive the sacrament. was born on March 9, 1568 in the castle of At the age of sixteen he was in Madrid, Spain Castiglione delle Stivieri, when he approached a Jesuit confessor and told in Lombardy. His family him of his wishes to become a priest. Aloysius was was one of the most told that he would need his father permission to powerful families in enter the novitiate and become a priest. After a Renaissance Italy. As the year of a battle of wills between him and his eldest son, his father and father, his family finally gave in and he joined the mother expected him to Jesuit community at the age of seventeen. carry on with the family name and fortuned. He was told that he needed to spend less time in Therefore at a very young age he would prayer and do less fasting by the novice director. accompanied his father on training expeditions Aloysius obeyed willingly. He enjoyed and relish among the soldiers his family employed. At the his vocation so much that he was an ideal camps her learned of his family power and some novice. of the coarse language spoken of the camp. At the age of seven he decided that he would In 1591, a plague broke out in Rome and he try his best to become a saint. Through out his life along with other Jesuit began carrying for the we would often spend hours in prayer and fasting plague victims. Having little protection and being at least three days a week. in close contact he contracted the disease. At the age of 23 he passed away. When his family sent him to the court of the Aloysius Gonzaga was beatified fourteen years Medici Family in Tuscany to learn how to act after his death, in 1605, and canonized in 1726. among the elite class of the time, he was His life is an example to young people that you disappointed from all the intrigue and can never be to young to try and be a saint. To backstabbing that occurred. Making a vow to hold on to what you believe . He is the patron never offend God by sinning, he kept to himself saint of catholic youth and teenagers. spending most of his time in prayer and fasting. Questions 1. Have you ever had to go against what your friends While visiting Spain with his parents he read the were doing, because you felt it was not correct? St. Aloysius went against what he though was not leading lives of saintly Jesuit missionaries and meditated him to God. Pray to him to help you always do good in on the psalms. He felt that God was calling him to the world. another way of life, that of priesthood. In 1579 2. Can you commit to praying a Hail Mary everyday after spending two years in Florence he returned for the needy children in the world? home. Charles Cardinal Borromeo came to visit the family and was very impressed by the twelve Patron of: Catholic Youth and Teenagers year old Aloysius seriousness and learning. Upon Birth: March 9, 1568 learning that he had still not received his first Death: June 21, 1951 communion, Borromeo helped prepared him to San Luis Gonzaga 2020/21 Fiesta: 21 de junio San Luis Gonzaga nació comunión, Borromeo lo ayudó a preparase para el 9 de marzo de 1568 recibir el sacramento. en el castillo de Castiglione delle Stivieri, A la edad de 16 años estaba en Madrid, España, en Lombardía. Su familia cuando se acercó a un confesor jesuita y le dijo sus fue una de las familias deseos de convertirse en sacerdote. A Luis le dijeron más poderosas durante que necesitaría el permiso de su padre para ingresar el Renacimiento de al noviciado y convertirse en sacerdote. Después de Italia. Como hijo mayor, un año de discutir con su padre, su familia acepto su su padre y su madre decisión. A la edad de 17 años se unió a la esperaban que él comunidad de jesuita. continuara creciendo la fortuna y el nombre de la familia. Por lo tanto, desde En 1591, estalló una plaga en Roma y él, junto con de muy joven acompañaba a su padre en otros jesuitas, comenzaron a cuidar de los enfermos expediciones de entrenamiento entre los soldados de la plaga. Al tener poca protección y estar en que empleaba su familia. En los campamentos pudo estrecho contacto, contrajo la enfermedad. A los 23 ver el poder de su familia y también aprendió algo de años falleció. lenguaje vulgar que se hablaba en el campamento. Luis Gonzaga fue beatificado catorce años después A la edad de siete años decidió que haría todo lo de su muerte, en 1605, y canonizado en 1726. Su vida posible para convertirse en santo. A lo largo de su es un ejemplo para los jóvenes de que nunca se vida, a menudo pasaba horas en oración y ayuno al puede ser tan joven para intentar ser santo. Para menos tres días a la semana. aferrarse a los que cree. Es el santo patrón de la juventud y la adolescencia católica. Cuando su familia lo envió a la corte de la Familia Medici en Toscana para aprender como actuar entre Preguntas la clase élite de la época. Se decepciono por todas 1. ¿Alguna vez has tenido que ir en contra de los que las intrigas y puñaladas por la espalda que estaban haciendo tus amigos porque sentías que no constantemente pasaban en la vida de la corte. Hizo era correcto? San Luis fue en contra de lo que él un juramento de nunca ofender a Dios pecando y pensaba que no lo estaba conduciendo a Dios. Pídele a San Luis Gonzaga que te ayude a hacer siempre traba de pasar el tiempo solo. Dedicando su tiempo a bien en el mundo. las oración y haciendo ayuno. 2. ¿Puedes comprometerte a rezar un Ave María todos los días por los niños necesitados del mundo? Mientras visitaba España con sus padres, leyó las vidas de los santos misioneros jesuitas y meditó en los salmos. Sintió que Dios lo estaba llamando a otra Patrón de: Jóvenes y Adolescentes Católicos forma de vida, la del sacerdocio. En 1579, después de pasar dos años en Florencia, regreso a casa. El Nacimiento: 9 de marzo de 1568 cardenal Charles Borromeo vino a visitar a la familia y Muerte: 21 de junio de 1951 quedó muy impresionado por la seriedad y el aprendizaje de Luis, quien apenas tenia 12 años. Al enterarse de que aún no había recibido su primera .
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