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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

[Most of chapter v is taken up with the life of father Fray Juan de la
Madre de Dios, called also Blancas. He was born in the town of Blancas,
Aragon, of honorable parentage, his family name being Garcias. From
his early years of a religious turn of mind, he at length attained the
height of his desires by professing (June 15, 1635) in the convent of
Borja. In 1650, after having preached very acceptably at the convent
of Zaragoza, he enlisted in the Philippine mission organized by father
Fray Jacinto de San Fulgencio. On his arrival at Manila he preached
at the convent in that city and engaged in other work (being also the
confessor of the governor Sabiniano Manrique de Lara) until December,
1655. At that time his health giving out because of an accident,
he went with the then father provincial, father Fray Francisco de
San Joseph, to the convent at Bolinao in the Zambal district, leaving
behind with the governor a folio MS. book which he had written during
the preceding two years entitled Governador Christiano, entre Neophitos
(Christian governor among neophytes), for spiritual guidance in all
sorts of matters. In Bolinao, the change of climate and work restored
the father's health in a short time, but he remained in that place
until the new provincial chapter in Manila. At that chapter he was
chosen prior of the Manila convent against his wishes. Again in 1658
ill health compelled him to go to Bolinao, where he remained this time
four years. His efforts to keep the natives there quiet during the
times of the insurrections were of great fruit. He labored zealously
in that district even visiting the schools in addition to the regular
duties of a missionary. He received a number of devout women into the
tertiary branch of the order. He was untiring in his efforts for both
the spiritual and corporal good of his charges.]



§ V

Father Fray Juan de la Madre de Dios founds a village of Indians,
converted by dint of his zeal. He is elected definitor and retires
from the commerce of men to adorn himself with the perfection of
his virtues.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

[Most of chapter v is taken up with the life of father Fray Juan de la
Madre de Dios, called also Blancas. He was born in the town of Blancas,
Aragon, of honorable parentage, his family name being Garcias. From
his early years of a religious turn of mind, he at length attained the
height of his desires by professing (June 15, 1635) in the convent of
Borja. In 1650, after having preached very acceptably at the convent
of Zaragoza, he enlisted in the Philippine mission organized by father
Fray Jacinto de San Fulgencio. On his arrival at Manila he preached
at the convent in that city and engaged in other work (being also the
confessor of the governor Sabiniano Manrique de Lara) until December,
1655. At that time his health giving out because of an accident,
he went with the then father provincial, father Fray Francisco de
San Joseph, to the convent at Bolinao in the Zambal district, leaving
behind with the governor a folio MS. book which he had written during
the preceding two years entitled Governador Christiano, entre Neophitos
(Christian governor among neophytes), for spiritual guidance in all
sorts of matters. In Bolinao, the change of climate and work restored
the father's health in a short time, but he remained in that place
until the new provincial chapter in Manila. At that chapter he was
chosen prior of the Manila convent against his wishes. Again in 1658
ill health compelled him to go to Bolinao, where he remained this time
four years. His efforts to keep the natives there quiet during the
times of the insurrections were of great fruit. He labored zealously
in that district even visiting the schools in addition to the regular
duties of a missionary. He received a number of devout women into the
tertiary branch of the order. He was untiring in his efforts for both
the spiritual and corporal good of his charges.]



§ V

Father Fray Juan de la Madre de Dios founds a village of Indians,
converted by dint of his zeal. He is elected definitor and retires
from the commerce of men to adorn himself with the perfection of
his virtues.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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