Miguel febres cordero biography
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St. Miguel was born in November as Francisco Luis Febres-Cordero y Muñoz in a small village high up in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. His father was a professor who was deeply involved in the politics of the newly independent Ecuador. Francisco was born crippled, but at age five, he was cured of his deformity miraculously through a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Francisco attended a Christian Brothers high school, and was a bright and studious pupil. As soon as he entered, he said, he felt a great longing to also become a Christian Brother (also known as the La Salle Brothers). Since the La Salle Brothers were a relatively newer order, his family objected—they wanted him to join a more prestigious, more established religious order.
His family enrolled him in the diocesan seminary, but Francisco fell quite ill and had to leave the seminary before completing his first year. As his health was deteriorating, his family allowed him to return to school with the Christians Brothers.
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Feb. 9, St. Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC
Today is the feast of St. Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC.
Francisco Febres Cordero Muñoz was born at Cuenca, Ecuador, on Nov. 7, He died at Premià de Mar, Spain, one hundred years ago today.
In he entered The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the first Ecuadorian to do so. He became Brother Miguel.
"When he was not quite twenty years old, he published the first of his many books, a Spanish grammar that soon became a standard text. In time his research and publications in the field of literature and linguistics put him in touch with scholars all over the world and he was granted membership in the National Academies of Ecuador and Spain."
Please click here for a "Lasallian Educator's Meditation on Saint (Brother) Miguel Febres Cordero." Note particularly, in section 3, his teaching methods and the care he took with lesson plans.
Click here for the Mass for the feast of St. Miguel.
Miguel was canonized in by Pope John Pau
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The Lasallian family celebrates the feast day of Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, the patron of the College of Liberal Arts and Commnunications every February 9.
Life and Journey
Francisco Febres Cordero was born into a family that has always been prominent in Ecuadorian politics. Crippled from birth, he had to overcome family opposition to realize his vocation to be a lay religious, the first native of Ecuador to be received into the Institute.
Brother Miguel was a gifted teacher from the start and a diligent student. When he was not ganska twenty years old, he published the first of his many books, a Spanish grammar that soon became a standard skrivelse. In time his research and publications in the field of literature and linguistics put him in touch with scholars all over the world and he was granted membership in the National Academies of Ecuador and Spain. Despite high academic honors, teaching remained his first priority, especially his classes in tro and for the