Saint Toribio Romo - February 25
RadiateLA on July 10 2014. Fr. Ed describes how saints like Santo Toribio Romo want to help us. Saint Toribio (in Latin Thuribius) Romo González (April 16, 1900 – February 25, 1928) was a Roman Catholic priest and Mexican martyr who died in the Cristero War.
He was born on April 16, 1900, in Santa Ana de Guadalajara, Jalostotitlán, Mexico, the son of Patricio Romo Perez and Juana González Romo.[1] In 1912 he entered the Auxiliary Seminary in San Juan de los Lagos. In 1922 he was ordained as a priest and offered his first Mass on January 5, 1923. He primarily emphasized catechesis. When the religious persecutions began in 1927 he was ordered by the government to confine himself to his residence and was not allowed to pray the Rosary in public or to celebrate Mass.
He served in parishes in Sayula, Tuxpan, Yahualica and Cuquío. When the anti-clerical persecutions began he took up residence in an old factory near Agua Caliente, and used it as a refuge where …More