St. Miguel Pro Research Paper

Saint José Ramón Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Saint Miguel Pro, was born on January 13, 1891, in Guadalupe, Mexico. He was one of eleven children, the oldest boy. Sadly, four of his siblings died as babies or young children. From an early age, he was heartily spiritual, as well as mischievous; he constantly entertained his family with his humor and practical jokes. St. Miguel was a dauntless child and sometimes took his pranks and fun too far, putting him in several near-death mishaps. The third oldest in his family, St. Miguel was unquestionably very close with his older sister. After she entered a convent at age 20, he started to recognize his own calling to the priesthood. Though his father wanted him to continue with the family business, Miguel lived for God and entered the Jesuit novitiate in El Llano, Michoacán in 1911. He had been studying with the Jesuit priests for only a year when a religious revolution broke out in Mexico and by 1914, the Jesuits were forced to flee the country.
The car the bomb was launched from was previously owned by one of Miguel’s two brothers, and as a result, all three brothers became wanted by the police. Miguel’s youngest brother, Roberto, was set free, but Miguel and his brother Humberto were sentenced to execution by a firing squad. On the day of this ultimate punishment, St. Miguel Pro refused the blindfold and as he was shot, he cried out “Viva Cristo Rey!” 40,000 people attended his funeral procession, and 20,000 more waited at the cemetery where he was buried. St. Miguel Pro’s feast day is November 23. During the process of his beatification, it was disclosed that during the celebration of Mass on the day before he was arrested, a fierce, blazing light encompassed him. Reportedly, it was so bright, especially around his hands, face, and feet, that most of those in attendance at the Mass had to avert their