LET’S MEET THE PERUVIAN SAINTS!

Could I become a saint?

I. LET’S OBSERVE.
Match the virtues with the pictures that represent them.

1. CHARITY

2. HUMILITY

3. SIMPLICITY

4. PERCEVERANCE

5. FIDELITY
 II. Listen to and read about two Peruvian
Saints…

Who were the Peruvian Saints?

Two Saints, you should know

There are many saints around the world but here in Peru during the 16th and early
17th centuries, there was a nearly an explosion of holy men and women. Therefor
let’s talk about two important Saints in our country.
Saint Rose of Lima
She was born in Lima in 1586 and died when she was only 31
in 1617, but in that short period of time, Saint Rose lived a life
of austerities that seem almost incredible. She was confirmed
by Archbishop Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo. Due to the fact that
she was beautiful, she used to rub her face with pepper, which
produced unsightly blotches. When someone said something about the fine skin of her hands,
she covered them in lime which not only disfigured them, but also made her unable to dress
herself for a month.
Saint Rose wanted nothing more than to be a saint, and this, she felt, could be obtained more
quickly by suffering in union with the Wounds of Christ. There was no question that she was a
saint, and upon her death in 1617, the entire city of Lima lamented the loss of their beloved
Rose. Canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671, she is the first native-born American saint.

Saint Martín de Porres

Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579, and, like
Rose, was a lay member of the Dominican Order. He was called
“Doctor Saint” or saints who practiced medicine. He also was
confirmed in the faith by Lima’s archbishop Saint “Toribio de
Mogrovejo”.
Saint Matin was a member of the Order of Preachers, and he not
only cared for sick people, but sick animals as well; cats and dogs,
mainly, but also mice and rats, all of which he put up in a house
donated by his sister. He was tireless in his care of the sick and poor throughout Lima, and also
established a children’s hospital as well as an orphanage. Saint Martin also care for the slaves
brought from Africa to the Spanish Peru. In addition to his works of mercy, Saint Martin was also
a miracle worker who could increase the amount of food that he distributed among the poor.
Saint Martin died in 1639 and canonized just before the opening of the Second Vatican Council
by Pope St. John XXIII in 1962.
 III. Complete the chart with information from the text.

ABOUT THE SAINTS

INFORMATION
SAINT MARTIN SAINT ROSE

When she / he was born?

Who canonized them?

When she / he passed away?

When She / he was

canonized?

What did they do to become

saint? Examples…

IV. Create a graphic organizer about the life of the two saints in the text above.

1. Step 1… Read the text carefully and identified the introduction, details and final message
2. Step 2… Identified What things help Saint Martin and Saint Rose to become saints?

3. Step 3… You can use any organizer model to make this job.

4. Step 4… Make sentences with the information from your graphic organizer.