October 2014
Life and work Apostle of Youth
C a u s e o f B e a t i f i c a t i o n N e w s l e t t e r
No. 5
Restoration of the
Capuchin Order In order to expand the community all throughout Spain, the Capuchin Fathers made efforts to enter Navarra but given the difficulty of getting there obtained permission to do so in Andalucia. Finally Father Bernabé de Astorga and cappuccins of Bayona received order from the King to found in Antequera. The decision caused controversy among ministers of the Royal Order who had to accept and attend to the provisions of the King.
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The return of the restorers to Spain After the royal instruction, responsibilities were distributed to send religious to the founding of the new Capuchin work in Andalucia.
The community organized three expeditions to reach the convent and inaugurated it in the feast of San Jose, 1877. During the long journey religious passed throughout Spain unnoticed arriving safely to their destination. Difficulties in the foundation While in Spain, the religious community had encountered difficulties provoked by the hostile environment that existed at the time of wars but with kindness and gentleness managed to win the hearts of the inhabitants of Antequera.
The Capuchin community was making itself known throughout Spain to the point of reaching popularized by other regions of the country through the preaching of its members. Finally the Capuchin Order received the petition to found a new work in Sanlúcar where they would arrive in late 1877.
The inscription on the tomb of Father Luis Amigó ¨HOMO HUMUS, FAMA FAMUS, FINIS CINIS. In Spanish means, “Man is earth, the glory smokes, ash is his end” On November 18, 1857 Father Luis Amigó, at his 13 years, was confirmed in the church of S. Lorenzo. In the square dedicated in 1954 the city of Valencia to Bishop Amigo, the current monument was opened on March 8, 1986, in it is presented Fr. Luis on the act of extending his hand to help a young exhausted man. Father Luis Amigó, along with his brother Julio, received First Communion on May 13, 1866.
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Cause of Beatification Newsletter
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Boletín informativo Causa de Beatificación
LATEST NEWS Beatification of Luis Amigó The whole Amigonian Family: children, youth, religious, religious, and lay cooperators, we are immensely glad with the latest news coming from Rome, where Father Calloni, postulator of the Cause of Beatification of Father Luis Amigo, says that the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, has asked a very seasoned Vatican expert on these issues studying a possible miracle in the child Rodrigo Barros, made over thirty years ago in Caracas, Venezuela, through the intercession of the founding Father. Let us doubled our prayer for this cause.
Collection of signatures We have received the echoes of the campaign that the Commission has launched globally in order to collect signatures asking the Holy Father for the speedy beatification of Father Luis Amigo; we have already reached the 15,770 recorded in the General Curia in Rome. Let us continue, we have still time.
Official website of the Beatification Luis Amigó The Commission Luis Amigó has launched last month the web site that will keep us informed about significant developments and events in the beatification of Father Luis Amigo; we have already a significant number of visits from multiple locations on a global level. We invite you to it frequent regularly. Www.luisamigo.info
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