Madre Laura Mendoza: Lipa's Catechist par excellence
Madre Laura Latorre Mendoza (1877 - 1969) Madre Laura Mendoza collaborated with the Servant of God Alfredo Verzosa and the Venerable Alfredo Maria Obviar in the work of catechesis in the old Diocese of Lipa where she helped supervise and form catechists to the barrios as president of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine during the first half of the twentieth century. It could be said that they form the "triumvirate" of catechesis in the Diocese of Lipa. She co-founded with Bishop Alfredo Verzosa what is now known as the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Heart, the first Filipino religious congregation in the Philippines to be founded by a bishop. Early Years Laura Latorre Mendoza was born on August 17, 1877 in the barrio of La Paz, in the town of Lipa. She was the third child of Pantaleon Mendoza and Maria Latorre. As what was customary, she received the sacrament of baptism on the following day, August 18, administered by Fr. Pablo Adoptante in the parish church of St....