Name: Fernandez, Shane H.

Course and Year: BSA - 1

Learning Facilitator: Mr. Levy Lanaria Date: September 30, 2023
Formative Assessment No. 2
St. Arnold Janssen, St. Joseph Freinademetz, and San Carlos Borromeo

ST. ARNOLD J. ST. JOSEPH F. SAN CARLOS B.

• St. Arnold Janssen • St. Joseph • San Carlos
SCIENTIA was raised in a Freinademetz Borromeo’s early
religious deeply engaged in focus on education,
household, and this Chinese culture, including earning a
instilled in him a making a dedicated doctorate in law,
deep love for effort to shows his thirst for
religion and understand the knowledge and his
commitment to the perspectives and commitment to
Catholic faith. beliefs of the local lifelong learning.
people. This helped
• St. Arnold Janssen broaden his • San Carlos
was very devoted understanding of Borromeo was a
to prayer, both on Jesus’ universal lifelong learner
his own and with message as the who was
others, which he Word of God passionate about
showcased in his through diverse his education and
participation of the human religious
Apostleship of experiences. knowledge. As an
Prayer. archbishop, he
• St. Joseph prioritized the
Freinademetz’s sacraments,
strong prayer life improved priestly
and personal functions, and
relationship with promoted the
God played a role in study of the Holy
his deepening Scripture. This
understanding of shows that he was
Jesus. committed to
helping people
understand and
practice their faith.
• St. Arnold Janssen • St. Joseph • During crises in
VIRTUS was a deeply Freinademetz was a Milan, San Carlos
prayerful man who compassionate and Borromeo
emphasized prayer selfless man who exhibited
in his personal and dedicated his life to compassion and
professional life. serving those in selfless by tending
need. He visited for the sick, the
• St. Arnold Janssen non-Christians in dying, and those in
demonstrated poor areas, need.
 courage and protected
perseverance in Christians during • San Carlos
pursuing his the Boxer Borromeo valued
mission, despite Rebellion, and justice, when he
facing opposition, trained local worked towards
financial Chinese catechists eliminating
difficulties, and to share the good corruption within
religious news of Jesus Christ the Church and
persecution. in China. fought against the
selling of
• As a missionary, St. indulgences and
Joseph unethical practices.
Freinademetz
stressed prayer and
meditation as
essential practices
for sustaining a life
of prayer.
• St. Arnold Janssen • In his missionary • During the famine
DEVOTIO started the Society work in China, St. and bubonic plague
of the Divine Word Joesph outbreak in Milan,
(SVD) to train Freinademetz San Carlos
missionaries to immersed himself Borromeo, unlike
share the good in Chinese culture, the elite, stayed
news of Jesus Christ adapted to the local with the people,
to the marginalized customs, and used his own
and unreached mastered the money and
communities Chinese language, borrowed funds to
around the world. demonstrating his provide for their
commitment to the needs, ministering
• St. Arnold Janssen understanding and to the affected, and
was a big supporter connecting with caring for the dying.
of the Apostleship Chinese people he
of Prayer, a prayer served. • San Carlos
movement that Borromeo fought
was started in • St. Joseph against corruption
1844. This Freindademetz and brought about
movement is all trained local changes in the
about praying for Chinese catechists Church by working
Jesus’ mission to to empower the lay to redirect
spread the good people to serve the resources,
news and save the Church and spread including money, to
world. the Gospel in China. better support the
less fortunate
members of the
Church.