Bl. James "Santiago" Miller – Exclusive Restoration – Blessed and Martyr– Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality
Blessed James "Santiago" MillerRestored PhotographBlessed James Miller (1944-1982), called Santiago Miller, was a teacher who lead a life of service to his students. People who knew him before he was martyred said he was, "open and sociable, likeable, completely genuine, very intelligent and also very simple." He had a deep faith and a strong commitment to the poor. Born in Wisconsin, he entered the De La Salle Brothers, also called the Brothers of Christian Schools, as a "juniorate" in 1959, and then as a postulant in 1982 at the age of 17. It is a teaching order, and he became a high school teacher of Spanish. Three years later he was assigned to teach in Nicaragua. His presence attracted many students, and he was assigned to build 10 new schools. He stayed there for years until his superiors ordered to leave during the Nicaraguan revolution of 1979. He returned to America and taught again in an American high school. Then in 1981 he was sent to Guatemala to teach. A year later he was