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| + Fr. Santiago Leon, SJ (1917-2010) |
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Fr. Leon was born in Salamanca, Spain on 25 July 1917. He was the youngest in a family of five. One of his brothers also became a Jesuit, and one of his sisters joined the Hijas de Jesus. Fr. Leon's early studies was with the Don Bosco Fathers. In college, he decided to pursue medicine. But while serving his military duty during the Spanish Civil War, he was attracted to a different type of healing and entered the Society of Jesus shortly after. As a Jesuit, he was sent to Cuba for four years and then studied Philosophy in Comillas, Spain for three. It was during this time that he volunteered to be a missionary to China. He was able to stay in China for four years until he and many other missionaries were exiled to the Philippines. He completed his theological studies in Baguio and was ordained there in 1953. He studied the Amoy dialect in Taiwan for six months as a new priest and then received his first pastoral assignment: He was to shepherd the Santa Maria Parish in Iloilo City, a mission he strove to fulfill for thirteen years. On 18 November 1968, he was transferred to Mary the Queen Parish and was assigned to the Mary the Queen Pasay Center. On his trusty motorcycle, he worked with the youth--a ministry that flowered and led him to be National Ecclesiastical Assistant for the Filipino Chinese Catholic Youth (FCCY). For many years, he also heard the first (and second, third, fourth...) confession of many students of the Immaculate Conception Academy. He was a well-loved pastor and will be missed by the parishioners of Mary the Queen. Read more stories about Fr. Leon... |
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The more than 300 men of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus serve in five universities, numerous schools for basic education, two diocesan major seminaries, three urban and five rural parishes... (READ MORE)
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