Semi M1 Flashcards
•Christianity arrived in the Philippines with Ferdinand Magellan in
1521
•On___, the Portuguese navigator sighted the Limasawa island, off the coast of Samar.
•On Easter Sunday, he planted a wooden cross and attended the first Mass on Filipino soil, which was celebrated by ___
March 16
Fr. Pedro de Valderrama
From there Magellan reached Cebu, where he was heartily welcomed by_____
•On April 15, Fr. Valderrama baptized the king together with his wife Juana and 800 natives.
Magellan presented to the queen a beautiful image of the Santo Nino, who became the patron of the island.
King Raha Humabon
It was first undertaken by the____ who accompanied the early Spanish expeditions
(1564). They were followed by _____
Augustinians,
Franciscans,
Jesuits,
Dominicans,
and Augustinian Recollects.
Before the coming of the Spaniards, the Filipinos lived in_____
In___ Islam was introduced in Mindanao and Sulu, but most of the people remained animistic, with strong emphasis on ancestors worship and the cult of the dead.
scattered barangays under the rule of datu.
1380
The Muslims came into the Philippines (____) long before Magellan, an settled in Sulu Archipelago.
Palawan, and parts of southern Mindanao. After the coming of the Spaniards, they waged endless wars against Christians. Sometimes for sake of autonomy and religious freedom, other times merely for plunder.
1380
the First Filipino Saint (+1636)
• Born in the Chinese district of Manila, he was married to a lovely Filipina, who bore him three children. In 1636, while serving as a clerk in the Binondo Chruch, _____ was accused of murdering a Spaniard. To escape execution, he fled with some Dominican missionaries bound for Japan. The ship reached Okinawa on July 10. Immediately all of them were arrested. For several days they were interrogated and horribly tortured.
Lorenzo Ruiz
are organizations within various religious traditions that allow individuals to live out the principles and values of their faith while remaining in the secular world, rather than withdrawing into a traditional monastic setting.
Secular religious orders
, the son of a rich merchant of Assisi, was born in 1181/1182.
Francis was enamored by the romantic chivalry propagated by troubadours of his day. As a young man he lived a lavish life of revelry. He joined the military and was taken prisoner during an expedition. Francis became ill and during his convalescence heard a voice ask,
“Francis, is it better to serve the Master or servant?”
In 1224 at Mount Laverna, Francis received the stigmata of our Lord Jesus, which he carried for the last two years of his life. Before he died, he composed the “_____” known also as Canticle of Brother Sun. He asked his brothers to take him to the Portiuncula (Little Portion) church, where he welcomed “Sister Death.” Francis told his followers before he died: “I have done my part; may Christ teach you to do yours.” Pope Gregory IX canonized him only two years later.
St. Francis of Assisi
Canticle of Creatures
was born in Spain in 1170 of the illustrious house of Guzman. After graduation from the University of Palencia and ordination to the priesthood, he became a canon of St. Augustine and superior of the canons in the cathedral of Usma.
Passing through southern France with his bishop in the year 1203, the young canon was shocked to witness the spiritual horrors wrought by the Albigensian heresy. It was in this storied domain of the troubadours that our zealous Castilian discovered his vocation and laid the foundation of the Order of Preachers.
St. Dominic de Guzman
To perpetuate among these benighted souls his future apostolate Dominic founded a three-fold religious Order.
St. Dominic’s humility, fatherly kindness, patience and joyfulness under persecution impressed even his enemies who at times mocked, spit at him and pelted him with stones or mud.
He fasted, took the discipline during his night-vigils of prayer, and walked barefoot from village to village preaching the faith.
During his lifetime, he healed the sick, raised the dead, multiplied food, and in public debate proved the truth of his doctrine by miracle.
• He twice rejected a bishopric, and he enjoyed a warm friendship with the Poor Man of Assisi.
Several times he was consoled and strengthened in his apostolate by apparitions of Christ and his Mother.
• He introduced and developed the beautiful prayer of the Holy Rosary.
The Discovery of America
1492 A.D.
Christopher Columbus
• Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451.
• He believed that the earth was round and that Asia could be reached by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean.
• Convinced by his fascinating personality, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor his adventure.
He discovered the island of
Guanahani which Columbus renamed
San Salvador.
Columbus explored several of the Carribean islands.
He reached Haiti and renamed it Hispanola.
The discovery of Columbus opened the way of the New World (America) for exploration and evangelization.
To prevent conflict between the two European powers,____ issued a papal bull in 1493 that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Pope Alexander VI
• The new continent was named America after the Italian navigator ___ who, snatching the privilege from Columbus, pretended to be the first who discovered the mainland of the New World. Indeed, he was the first to describe the discovered lands as a new continent rather than as a part of Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci
Franciscans
FOUNDER
St. Francis of Assisi
MOTTO
“Pax et bonum” (Peace
and the good)
TYPE
Mendicant Religious Order
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPIRITUALITY
• Living the Gospel
• Following Jesus Christ
• Poverty
• Fraternity
COAT OF ARMS
HABIT
Grey/Black (Conventual
Franciscans)
Brown (Capuchins)
NOTABLE SAINTS
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Bonaventure
St. Clare of Assisi
St. Pio of Pietrelcina
St. Maximilian Kolbe
DOMINICANS
FOUNDER
St. Dominic of Caleruega
“Laudare, benedicere, praedicare”
(*To Praise, To Bless, To Preach)
TYPE
Mendicant Religious Order
HABIT
A white capuce with a hood, a cincture and a rosary that hangs from it, a scapular and black capuce, with hood on
top of everything.
Order of Preachers
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPIRITUALITY
• Prayer
• Study
• Preaching
• Community
NOTABLE SAINTS
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Albert the Great
