Federico Llastzer Manuel Faura y Prat was a Jesuit missionary who taught at Ateneo University in Manila. He gained recognition for his work and was named the "Adopted Son of Manila". However, he was forced to return to Spain twice due to poor health. When he returned again, he visited Jose Rizal in prison before his execution. During this painful visit, Fr. Faura wept as Rizal reminded him of a prophecy Fr. Faura had made. Though a Spanish citizen, Fr. Faura faithfully served the Philippines for many years through his work in education and meteorology.
Federico Llastzer Manuel Faura y Prat was a Jesuit missionary who taught at Ateneo University in Manila. He gained recognition for his work and was named the "Adopted Son of Manila". However, he was forced to return to Spain twice due to poor health. When he returned again, he visited Jose Rizal in prison before his execution. During this painful visit, Fr. Faura wept as Rizal reminded him of a prophecy Fr. Faura had made. Though a Spanish citizen, Fr. Faura faithfully served the Philippines for many years through his work in education and meteorology.
Federico Llastzer Manuel Faura y Prat was a Jesuit missionary who taught at Ateneo University in Manila. He gained recognition for his work and was named the "Adopted Son of Manila". However, he was forced to return to Spain twice due to poor health. When he returned again, he visited Jose Rizal in prison before his execution. During this painful visit, Fr. Faura wept as Rizal reminded him of a prophecy Fr. Faura had made. Though a Spanish citizen, Fr. Faura faithfully served the Philippines for many years through his work in education and meteorology.
Federico Llastzer Manuel Faura y Prat was a Jesuit missionary who taught at Ateneo University in Manila. He gained recognition for his work and was named the "Adopted Son of Manila". However, he was forced to return to Spain twice due to poor health. When he returned again, he visited Jose Rizal in prison before his execution. During this painful visit, Fr. Faura wept as Rizal reminded him of a prophecy Fr. Faura had made. Though a Spanish citizen, Fr. Faura faithfully served the Philippines for many years through his work in education and meteorology.
Federico Llastzer Manuel Faura y accusations. For either they will
Prat do me justice and declare my 7 years after joining Jesuit innocence and then I will rebuild missionary, he came to Manila my life, or they condemn me to and was assigned to teach Math death. Thus, I will expiate my and physics in Ateneo University alleged crime in the eyes of He was not a COLONIST society. Later, it will pardon me His health was frail and doubtless they will do me Forced to take vacations to justice and I will be a martyr regain strength besides. Anyway, I shall not die Became a director of an in a foreign land, I shall die in my observatory country. I believe what is Learned a lot about weathers and happening to me is the best thing meteorology, astronomy that can occur to me. May God's Gain recognition for his will be done." hardworks “Adopted Son of Witnesses the Execution of Rizal Manila” Visited Rizal in his cell at Fort Forced to go back in Spain due to Santiago while awaiting execution health conditions at Bagumbayan Came back to Manila to work It was a painful visit, the Jesuit again with broken words, because tears Rizal countered that he had not kept flowing down his cheeks. written for intellectuals, and he "Do you remember what you told had attacked the friars in the me, Father, when we last saw Philippines who were using the each other? You proved yourself Church to cloak their abuses. And a prophet." Fr. Faura had to in their discussion about many leave, because he was choking beliefs of the Church, he could with emotion. not accept the Jesuit's January 23, 1897- death arguments, particularly about Faithfully served the country even purgatory. And Fr. Faura sadly if it’s not his own told him that since they no longer believed the same things, there was no longer any reason for them to be in further contact. "I feel more enthused. I believe what God is doing is good for me, allowing me to return to the Philippines to undo such