Our Patron, Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla

Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla routinely cared for the sick and the poor throughout his life, and was known as a mediator and peacemaker between the Spanish and Romani people.
During his beatification on May 4, 1997 in Rome, St. John Paul II said the following of Giménez Malla:
"[He] knew how to sow harmony and solidarity among his people, also mediating the conflicts that sometimes tarnish relations between payos [non-gypsies] and gypsies, demonstrating that the charity of Christ knows no boundaries of races or cultures." [1]
During an historical period of great violence (i.e., the Spanish Civil War), Giménez Malla was beaten and arrested by a militiaman for defending a priest, and was soon executed by firing squad for being a champion of the Holy Rosary.
His last words were "Viva Christo Rey!"
Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla, pray for us.
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