BLESSED MIGUEL PRO MASS GUILD
Patron of Priests, Religious, and Victims of Persecution
Ask for Blessed Miguel Pro’s intercession!
Members enrolled in the guild receive the benefit of being remembered in Shrine Masses invoking the intercession of Blessed Miguel Pro. Blessed Miguel Pro Guild Masses take place every fourth Monday of each month at 12:15 p.m. CT.
The Blessed Miguel Pro Guild offers:
- Monthly remembrance in Holy Mass on the fourth Monday of each month
- Receive intercession from Blessed Miguel Pro, patron of priests, religious, and victims of persecution
- A card can be sent to you upon request so that you may send it to the enrollee
- Find strength and support in a compassionate community
About Blessed Miguel Pro
Father Pro was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1925 and had a great devotion to Christ the King and Our Lady of Guadalupe. He willingly risked his life to continue his sacramental ministry to the people of Mexico when the government closed all of the churches. Falsely accused of an attempt on the life of Mexico’s President, he was executed before a firing squad. His last words: “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”– “Long Live Christ the King!”
Blessed Miguel Pro Relics
The Shrine’s altar dedicated to Blessed Miguel Pro has an altarpiece that shows the Blessed with arms outstretched at his martyrdom, and celebrating the Mass in heavenly glory. Underneath the altar is an additional bone relic which can be viewed and venerated by pilgrims who visit the Shrine. Blessed Miguel Pro’s witness is a striking one, he died less than a century ago on the same continent. By asking his intercession and imitating his heroic witness, we can also live lives in the joyful service of Christ the King.
Blessed Miguel Pro
Church Painting
Father Pro was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1925 and had a great devotion to Christ the King and Our Lady of Guadalupe. He willingly risked his life to continue his sacramental ministry to the people of Mexico when the government closed all of the churches. Falsely accused of an attempt on the life of Mexico’s President, he was executed before a firing squad. His last words: “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”– “Long Live Christ the King!”
The artist has incorporated several aspects of Father Pro’s life into this work.
The scene depicts Fr. Pro the second before his execution, arms outstretched, with his last words contained in the radiance around his head.
The two Mexican children at his sides offer a laurel wreath symbolizing victory, and a red crown of thorns symbolizing martyrdom.
The floating cherubs encircle him with red fabric, symbolizing the shedding of blood, leading his spirit to glory in the upper part of the canvas where he participates in the Divine Liturgy for eternity. Both cherubs carry red roses and one holds a palm branch, both symbolic of martyrdom.
Father Miguel Pro was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II on September 25, 1988.
Blessed Miguel Pro’s relics were placed in the main altar of the Shrine Church during the Dedication of the Church on July 31, 2008.
In addition, a relic was installed at the side-aisle shrine, beneath this painting.
“Viva Cristo Rey!” —Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ
What Is a Mass Guild?
A Mass Guild is a sacred spiritual enrollment. Those who join are prayed for in monthly Masses offered by the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. You may enroll yourself or a loved one, living or deceased.
The Guild of Blessed Miguel Pro is one of the seven current Mass Guilds at the Shrine. The guilds unite prayer intentions under a patron saint and your intentions are then offered in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass by one of the Shrine’s priests.
Add your prayer intention!
Enroll yourself or a loved one in this guild with the intention for a priest, religious, or victim of persecution.
