Beato carlos manuel rodriguez biografia: Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963)
CARLOS MANUEL CECILIO RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez nació en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 1918, hijo de Manuel Baudilio Rodríguez y Herminia Santiago, ambos de familias numerosas, sencillas y de gran arraigo cristiano. Fue bautizado en la Iglesia Dulce Nombre de Jesús en Caguas el 4 de mayo de 1919. Fue el segundo de cinco hermanos: dos hermanas se casaron, otra es religiosa Carmelita de Vedruna y su único hermano es sacerdote benedictino y Primer Abad puertorriqueño. Cuando Chali tenía seis años, un voraz incendio consumió la modesta tienda del papá y la vivienda de su familia. Como resultado, perdieron todo y se vieron precisados a mudarse a casa de los abuelos maternos. Aquí, Carlos Manuel vino en estrecho contacto con su abuela Alejandrina Esterás, una santa mujer al decir de quienes la conocieron. Manuel Baudilio, el padre, sufrió con resignación, sin perder su fe esta perdida y tras una larga enfermedad, murió en 1940. Doña Herminia, al no estar en su casa propia se impuso a sí y a sus hijos un celoso respeto y hasta cohibición, de quien está en casa ajena. Esto influyó en el carácter reservado y tímido de sus hijos. Pero Herminia tenía la virtud de la serena alegría iluminada por la fe dada su familiaridad con el Señor en la Eucaristía diaria. Es así como las primeras lecciones en la fe católica y las vivencias de esa fe las recibe y experimenta Carlos desde muy temprano en el seno de su propia familia. A los seis años comenzó su vida escolar en el Colegio Católico de Caguas, en donde permaneció hasta octavo grado. Allí conoció a las Hermanas de Notre Dame y cultivó una especial amistad con ellas durante toda su vida. Bajo la tutela de éstas y de los Padres Redentoristas, desarrolla su primera educación formal, humanística y religiosa; recibe a Cristo por vez primera en la Sagrada Eucaristía que marcaría un amor para siempre; se hace monaguillo y posiblemente siente el llamado inicial a una vida de entrega total a Cristo. Se gradúa de octavo grado en 1932, siendo el primer honor de su clase y obteniendo la medalla de religión. Pasa entonces a cursar estudios en la escuela superior pública Gautier Benítez en Caguas. Durante el segundo semestre de ese curso escolar empieza a notar los primeros síntomas de una enfermedad que sugería un trastorno gastrointestinal: colitis ulcerosa. Este habría de causarle muchísimos inconvenientes por el resto de su vida, y se iría agravando paulatinamente. Ello jamás llegó a doblegar su espíritu de entrega a Cristo y a Su Iglesia. Más tarde, renueva su contacto con las Hermanas de Notre Dame y los Padres Redentoristas, esta vez en la Academia Perpetuo Socorro en el sector Miramar de San Juan, donde cursa su tercer año de Escuela Superior (1934-35), pero su salud le impide continuar. Vuelve a Caguas, trabaja por algún tiempo y por fin termina ambos cursos, el comercial y el científico, en su cuarto año en la Gautier Benítez en 1939. Se desempeña como oficinista hasta 1946, cuando decide iniciar estudios hacia un bachillerato en la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) en Río Piedras, y logra completar un año. En 1947, a pesar de haber aprobado con excelentes calificaciones todas las materias y pese a su amor por los estudios, una vez más su salud le impide estudiar formalmente: esta vez, de manera definitiva. Sin embargo los estudios jamás terminaron para Charlie, como ya empezaban a llamarlo sus amigos en la UPR. Él era un lector voraz. Todo le interesaba: las artes, las ciencias, filosofía, religión, música… De hecho, tomó clases de piano tan sólo un año, pero su interés le llevó a continuar por sí solo, hasta tocar no sólo el piano, sino además, el órgano de la Iglesia… ¡La música sacra que tanto aprendió a amar! Otro de sus grandes amores era la Naturaleza. Desde niño acostumbraba pasar las vacaciones de verano en el campo. Solía ir con hermanos y primos de pasadía, al río o a la playa. Carlos Manuel trabajó como oficinista en Caguas, Gurabo y en la Estación Experimental Agrícola, adscrita a la UPR de Río Piedras, donde además traducía documentos. Empleaba casi todo su modesto salario en promover el conocimiento y el amor a Cristo, especialmente a través de la Sagrada Liturgia. Por eso, se afanaba en traducir artículos que leía sobre la materia y que él editaba para nutrir dos publicaciones a manera de folletos mimeografiados, Liturgia y Cultura Cristiana, tarea a la que dedicaba incontables horas de trabajo. Cada vez más convencido de que la liturgia es la vida de la Iglesia (a través de la oración, la Proclamación de la Palabra, la Eucaristía y los misterios de Cristo o sacramentos), organiza en Caguas un Círculo de Liturgia junto al P. McWilliams y luego, en 1948, funda junto al P. En Río Piedras, donde sus hermanos Pepe y Haydée eran ya profesores de la UPR, Carlos realiza su ardiente deseo de dar a conocer a Cristo entre profesores y estudiantes de ese centro docente. Al ampliarse el grupo de sus discípulos se mueve con ellos al Centro Universitario Católico, organiza otro Círculo de Liturgia (más tarde llamado Círculo de Cultura Cristiana). Continúa con sus publicaciones y organiza y da forma a sus célebres Días de Vida Cristiana junto con los universitarios a quienes desea que entiendan y gocen los tiempos litúrgicos. Participa en paneles sobre diversos temas, siendo él el portaestandarte de la vida litúrgica y el sentido pascual de la vida y la muerte en Cristo. Organizó grupos de discusión en varios pueblos y participó en la Cofradía de la Doctrina Cristiana. Otras organizaciones católicas en las cuales participó fueron la Sociedad del Santo Nombre y los Caballeros de Colón. Impartió catequesis a jóvenes de escuela superior, aportando él todo el material que mimeografiaba sin descanso para suplir las limitaciones económicas de sus jóvenes alumnos. Muchos testimonian su desarrollo vital de la fe gracias a la formación que le impartió Carlos Manuel unido a su modelo de entrega y servicio. Varios otros agradecen a su ardiente celo por Cristo el haber despertado en ellos su vocación religiosa. Quienes lo buscaban para aclarar sus dudas o conseguir el fortale cimiento de su fe, no quedaban defraudados. Acercarse a Carlos Manuel era como allegarse a una luz que va iluminando cada vez más la perspectiva y el sentido de la vida a medida que se le conocía mejor. La alegría cierta de la Pascua traslucía siempre en su mirada y en su sonrisa y una notable fortaleza espiritual trascendía su frágil figura. Sus fuerzas físicas decaían, pero jamás su espíritu se doblegó. Vivía cada momento superando calladamente su dolor con el gozo profundo de quien se sabía resucitado. Minada finalmente su salud por la enfermedad que se diagnosticó como un cáncer terminal del recto, tras una larga operación en marzo de 1963, padeció la noche oscura de la fe pensándose abandonado de Dios. Antes de morir, re-encontró con emoción la Palabra que estuvo perdida, la que le había dado sentido a su vida. Su paso a la vida eterna fue el 13 de julio de 1963. Tenía 44 años. El 13 es buen día había dicho antes, sin que tuviésemos noción de lo que ello significaba. El Proceso de Carlos fue meteórico: Iniciado en 1992, su positio sobre virtudes heroicas llevó a que se le declarase Venerable el 7 de julio de 1997. El milagro, para su beatificación (curación de un linfoma maligno no-Hodgkins en 1981) fue aprobado por SS Juan Pablo II el 20 de diciembre de 1999: ¡En tiempo récord (tan solo ocho años) y por actores laicos!
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Como monaguillo, empieza a degustar las riquezas de la fe a través de la sagrada liturgia de la Iglesia. 
Ya de adulto organizaba junto a sus hermanos, caminatas de un día al campo; ligero de equipaje, frugal el alimento, pero abundante el deseo de comulgar con la creación entera. 
McGlone el coro parroquial Te Deum Laudamus. 
Defendió y promovió con fervor extraordinario entre obispos, clero y seglares, la renovación litúrgica de la Iglesia a través de la participación activa de los fieles, el uso del vernáculo y, muy especialmente de la observancia de la Vigilia Pascual, felizmente restaurada por SS Pío XII, para regocijo de Charlie. Todo ello, antes del Concilio Vaticano II, de ahí que se le llame apóstol pre-conciliar de lo que vino a ser Sacrosanctum concillium. 
La firme convicción de su fe vencía su natural timidez y hablaba con la seguridad de Pedro en Pentecostés. A pesar de su salud quebrantada por tantos años, ninguna queja nubló la alegría con que enfrentaba la vida y nos recordaba que el cristiano ha de ser alegre porque vive la alegría y la esperanza que Cristo nos regaló con Su Pascua: VIVIMOS PARA ESA NOCHE. 
Ahora sabemos. Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963)
CARLOS MANUEL CECILIO RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO
(1918 – 1963)
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico on November 22, 1918. His parents Manuel Baudilio Rodríguez and Herminia Santiago, both came from large families with strong Christian roots.
Carlos Manuel was baptized at the Sweet Name of Jesus Church in Caguas on May 4, 1919. He was the second of five brothers and sisters. Two of his sisters married, while another is a Carmelite nun.
His only brother is a Benedictine priest, and was the first Puerto Rican to become the abbot of a monastery.
Chali as a six years old, experienced a terrible loss: a terrible fire destroyed both his fathers small store and the family home. Having lost virtually all of their earthly goods, the young family moved in with Carlos Manuels maternal grandparents. Carlos Manuel was thereby strongly influenced by his grandmother, Alejandrina Esterás, a deeply devout and holy woman.
Carlos Manuels father, Manuel Baudilio, endured the loss good-naturedly. Hope and faith never left him until his death in 1940. Doña Herminia not being in a house of her own, imposed upon herself and her children a strong sense of respect, to a point of inhibition. This contributed to the reserved and timid personality of her children. Nonetheless, Herminia had the virtue of a serene happiness that was brightened up by her faith. Her relationship with the Lord was nourished by daily Eucharistic encounters.
So it was that at a young age and in the heart of his own family – Carlos received his first lessons in Catholic faith and life. At the age of six he began his schooling at the Catholic School of Caguas, where he remained until completing eighth grade. It was there that he would come into contact with the Sisters of Notre Dame. He cultivated a special friendship with them during his entire life. Under their tutelage as well as that of the Redemptorist Fathers he received his initial religious and humanistic education.
His reception of Christ for the first time in the Holy Eucharist would mark the beginning of a love that would last a lifetime. He became an altar boy, and began to experience the riches of the faith through the sacred liturgy of the Church. It is likely that it was at this time that he felt the initial call to live a life entirely dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ.
When he graduated from eighth grade in 1932, he was first in his class and won a medal for his Religion.
He then went on to study at the public Gautier Benítez High School in Caguas. But shortly after, he experienced the first symptoms of what would later become a severe gastrointestinal disorder: ulcerative colitis. This illness would cause him much suffering and inconvenience for the rest of his life. Nevertheless it never undermined his commitment to Christ and His Church.
Carlos Manuel began his third year of high school (1934-35) at the Perpetual Help Academy in San Juan. There he renewed his contact with the Sisters of Notre Dame and the Redemptorist Fathers. His health, however, rendered him unable to continue studying there. Thus back in Caguas, he worked for some time, finally earning his High School diploma, in both the commercial and scientific areas, by May 1939.
He continued working as an office clerk until 1946, when he decided to pursue a bachelors degree at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Río Piedras. However, despite excellent grades and his love for studies, illness prevented him from completing his second year.
The end of formal education, however, did not mark the end of his education. As his friends at the UPR – who began to call him Charlie would later recall his studies really never ended. He was a voracious reader, and his interests were wide-ranging, including the arts, science, philosophy, religion and music. In fact, although he only took piano lessons for a year, he continued to learn on his own, to the point where he was able to not only play the piano, but also the church organ. The sacred music he loved so much!
Nature was another of his great loves. As a child, he would spend summer vacations in the countryside. He often made day trips to the river or to the beach with his siblings. As an adult, he organized leisurely hikes with his family through the countryside. They would travel light – with modest provisions for food and yet a great desire to commune with Gods creation.
Carlos Manuel worked as an office clerk in Caguas, Gurabo and at the Agriculture Experiment Station, which was part of the UPR.
There he also translated documents from English to Spanish. He spent almost his entire modest salary to promote knowledge and love of Christ. He did this especially promoting a greater understanding of the significance of the Sacred Liturgy. Using articles on liturgical subjects which he himself translated and edited, Carlos Manuel began publishing Liturgy and Christian Culture, publications to which he dedicated innumerable hours.
Increasingly convinced that the liturgy is the life of the Church, (through proclamation of the Word, the Eucharist and the mysteries of Christ or sacraments), he organized along with Father McWilliams in Caguas a Liturgy Circle. Later on, in 1948, he assembles along with Father McGlone the parroquial chorus Te Deum Laudamus.
In Río Piedras, where brother Pepe and sister Haydée were already UPR faculty members, Carlos was able to achieve his ardent desire to make Christ known, among professors and students. As his disciples grew in number he moved into nearby Catholic University Center and organized another Liturgy Circle (later called the Círculo de Cultura Cristiana).
He continued his publications and also organized his notable Christian Life Days for the benefit of University students who sought to understand and enjoy the liturgical seasons. He participated in panels on various topics, and distinguished himself for his insistent emphasis on the importance of liturgical life, as well as the paschal meaning of life and death in Christ.
Carlos Manuel organized discussion groups in various towns, and participated in societies such as the Brotherhood of Christian Doctrine, the Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus. He also taught Catechism to high school students whose teaching aids he supplied from his own income.
He zealously promoted and stood for liturgical renewal, among bishops, clergy and laymen: active participation of laity, the use of the vernacular and most especially the observance of his much loved Paschal Vigil, which to Charlies delight was restored to its proper time near midnight by Pope Pius XII in 1952.
Of note, all of Carlos Manuels proactive lay apostolic activity took place prior to the Second Vatican Council, thus a veritable preconciliar apostle towards approval of the Sacrosanctum concillium, at its onset.
Many a good number of people testify to their growth of a living faith thanks to his teachings, in conjunction with the integrity of his life and exemplary service. Others testify that Carlos Manuels zeal for Christ awakened in them their vocation to religious life. Those who sought him out in order to clarify their doubts — or seek to strengthen their faith would never be disappointed.
To approach Carlos Manuel and to getting to know him was as if to approach a light that illuminated ones perspective of life and its meaning. His glance and smile revealed the certain joy of Easter. An enormous spiritual strength transcended his fragile physical constitution. The firm conviction of his faith allowed him to overcome his natural shyness, and he spoke with assurance resembling Saint Peters on Pentecost.
Despite his failing health for so many years, no complaints ever clouded the joy with which he faced life. He reminded us that the Christian must be joyful because he or she lives the joy and hope that Christ gave with His Resurrection: VIVIMOS PARA ESA NOCHE he would say.
His physical strength declined gradually, but his spirit never failed. He lived each moment quietly overcoming his pain with the profound joy of one who knows himself to be resurrected. Following an aggressive life saving: surgery in 1963 he turned out to have advanced terminal rectal cancer. Near the end, he experienced the dark night of faith, thinking himself abandoned by God, a known mystical experience. Yet, before dying, he rediscovered the Word he had lost, and which had given sense to his entire life. His passage to eternal life took place on July 13, 1963. He was 44. The 13th is a good day, he had said a few days before his death, without any of us having a notion of what that meant. Now we know.
Charlies Beatification Process was indeed a swift one! Initiated in 1992, the positio on heroic virtues, lead to his status as Venerable as of July 7, 1997. The miracle for his beatification (cure of non-Hodgkins malignant lymphoma back in 1981) was approved on December 20,1999 by HH John Paul II. Thus, a record-making eight-year span, a first for lay actors!
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