Joaquim Alves Brás
Portuguese catholic priest
Feast: 13 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Joaquim Alves Brás was a Portuguese priest remembered as a defender of the family. Faced with the dramatic economic and moral situation of many domestic servants at the time, he first devoted himself to the formation of destitute young women in domestic service, and then consecrated himself to the family apostolate.
Summary translated from the Portuguese Wikipedia article Joaquim Alves Brás (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Causa do Venerável Padre Joaquim Alves Brás — Decreto (postulation site) — The official cause/postulation site of the Cooperadoras da Família carries the decree: Benedict XVI in 2008 recognised the heroicity of the virtues of the Servant of God Joaquim Alves Brás (born Casegas, 20 March 1899; d
- Wikidata Q25431482 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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