St. Martin de Porres, who was led to heavenly glory by the path of humility, offered great comfort to my mother during some of the darkest moments of her life.

Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father ...

Inside St. Martin de Porres The shelter is a large home that used to house religious brothers. It has one section of four bedrooms for men, and another with two bedrooms for women. Each bedroom ...

Many residents of Lima already spoke of Brother Martin de Porres as a living saint before his death at age 60 on Nov. 3, 1639. But his canonization did not occur until 1962, under Bl. Pope John XXIII.

The new, combined parish was named St. Martin de Porres in honor of the 17th Century mulatto physician who, because of his work among the sick and poor of Peru, is that nation’s patron saint of ...

Buy Image LEWISTON— After 30 years, St. Martin de Porres Residence has appointed a new executive director following the retirement of its founder, Brother Irenee Richard, at the end of 2020.

He and his wife started St. Martin de Porres in 2006, working from donated spaces – and for a while, storing and packing food in their garage to deliver to the streets.

St. Martin de Porres is part of the Cristo Rey Network -- a growing collection of private, inner-city Catholic high schools across the country that exclusively serve poor students.

A new reconstruction of the face of St. Martin de Porres reveals that the Dominican brother had trouble eating toward the end of his life, due to the fact that he was missing most of his teeth.

Metro St. Martin de Porres High School and Cleveland City Councilman Tony Brancatelli want school district to reconsider plans to relocate its headquarters Updated: Jun. 22, 2012, 10:30 a.m.