Paraguay
Notable Catholic Saints
St. Roque González de Santa Cruz SJ (first Paraguayan-born saint, Jesuit martyr 1628); Bl. Juan de Castillo and Bl. Alonso Rodríguez (Jesuit martyrs of Paraguay)
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Paraguay
Paraguay's Catholic identity is shaped above all by the Jesuit Reductions — the extraordinary utopian missions that sheltered the Guaraní people and created a flowering of faith, art, and music, before being destroyed by colonial jealousy and greed in 1767.
Paraguay
Notable FEAST DAYs
Feast of Our Lady of Caacupé (Dec 8) — Paraguay's most important feast day, draws over 1 million pilgrims annually; Feast of St. Roque González (Nov 17); Semana Santa (Holy Week)
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