Saint of the Day January 23, 2003
Servant of God Juan de Padilla
Juan didn’t know where preaching the gospel of Jesus
would lead him, but he trusted God to give him
strength to match the missionary vocation. Juan’s
vocation led to his martyrdom in Kansas, part of the
New World discovered the year he was born.
Juan came from southern Spain where he became a
Franciscan. In 1526 he left for Mexico where he worked
as a missionary in the states of Hidalgo and Jalisco.
In 1540 he accompanied Coronado’s expedition to New
Mexico. The next year Juan went with the expedition to
Kansas; there he met the Quivira Indians. Juan
remained to work among them after the explorers
returned to Mexico. Juan was killed by several Quivira
Indians as he made his way to the Kaws, traditional
enemies of the Quiviras. He was the first of at least
79 Franciscans martyred in the United States.
love + prayers,
Joseachayan / Jeddah / Saudi Arabia
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