Dalisay Lazaga

Servant of God
Dalisay Lazaga
F.d.C.C.
Religious
Born (1940-03-17)March 17, 1940
Santa Rosa, Laguna,
Philippine Commonwealth
Died January 30, 1971(1971-01-30) (aged 30)
Manila, Philippines
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 30 January

Dalisay Lazaga (17 March 1940 - 30 January 1971) was a Filipino Catholic religious sister of the Canossian Daughters of Charity, who is being designated by the Roman Catholic Church as a candidate for sainthood. Her current title for sainthood is Servant of God.[1][2]

Biography

Dalisay Lazaga was born in Santa Rosa, Laguna in the then Philippine Commonwealth, on March 17, 1940. At eight years of age she lost both parents. The eldest sister took care of her. Consequently from her early childhood she knew the suffering of a motherless child. She grew up to be a good and virtuous girl and was loved by everybody.

At twenty years of age she obtained her degree and took up the teaching profession with love and enthusiasm. In a short time she made a name for herself as a teacher. She was an attractive girl and did not lack admirers, but she firmly refused any proposal and chose the consecrated life to which she had felt drawn since a tender age. Her choice did not please her family, who cherished the idea of another kind of life for her. She wished to follow the Charism of St. Magdalene of Canossa and on February 2, 1966 she made her first religious Profession in the Novitiate House of Oxley in Australia. On her home-coming she took up again the demanding task of teaching and realized an enviable, if short, earthly and spiritual career, carrying out her mission among the youth of the Canossian schools.

During November 1970, Sr. Dalisay’s health showed serious symptoms; she had to undergo an exploratory operation.

The diagnosis is unmistakably fatal, giving her only three months of life; in fact she died on January 30, 1971. She did not know the whole truth. With a great longing for life in her heart, she moved unaware towards death dreaming about the beauty of a life spent in bringing many souls to Christ. When she found out the harsh reality, with an inspiring gentleness of spirit, she surrendered to God’s will, and, Our Lady dressed as a Queen, came to welcome her.

Beatification

On June 28, 2012, Sr. Dalisay's cause for beatification was opened by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, under the efforts of the Canossians. Her current title is Servant of God.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1971". faithweb.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Administrator. "Sr. Dalisay Lazaga". canossaphil.org. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canossiane". canossian.org. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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