Alberto Hurtado
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Alberto Hurtado, SJ (born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga; January 22, 1901 – August 18, 1952), popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.
Hurtado was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country's second saint.
Quotes
[edit]- (Last words) I am happy, Lord, happy.
- Quoted in Pope Benedict XVI, Cappella papale per la conclusione dell'XI assemblea generale ordinaria del sinodo dei vescovi, dell'anno dell'eucaristia e per la canonizzazione dei beati: Józef Bilczewski; Gaetano Catanoso; Zygmunt Gorazdowski; Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga; Felice da Nicosia, vatican.va, 23 October 2005.
- Being Catholics is equivalent to being social.
- Quoted in Pope John Paul II, Beatificazione di cinque religiosi: Nicolas Roland, Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, María Rafols, Petra de San José Pérez Florido e Giuseppina Vannini, vatican.va, 16 October 1994.
Quotes about
[edit]- "Blessed Albert Hurtado became a servant to bring men closer to God. His deep inner life left those who met him with the unforgettable image of a man "of God always willing to generous help." [...] In his priestly ministry, characterized by "a living love for the Church," he distinguished himself as a teacher in spiritual direction and as a "tireless preacher," transmitting to all the fire of Christ he carried within, particularly in the fruitfulness of priestly vocations and in the formation of lay people engaged in social action.
- He wanted to identify with the Lord and love the poor with his own love. The formation he received in the Society of Jesus, consolidated by prayer and the adoration of the Eucharist, led him to be conquered by Christ, since he was a true contemplative in action. In love and in the total gift of himself to God's will he found strength for the apostolate. He founded El Hogar de Cristo for the neediest and homeless, offering them a family environment full of human warmth. In his priestly ministry he distinguished himself by his simplicity and his availability towards others, being a living image of the Master, "meek and humble of heart".
- Quoted in Pope Benedict XVI, Cappella papale per la conclusione dell'XI assemblea generale ordinaria del sinodo dei vescovi, dell'anno dell'eucaristia e per la canonizzazione dei beati: Józef Bilczewski; Gaetano Catanoso; Zygmunt Gorazdowski; Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga; Felice da Nicosia, vatican.va, 23 October 2005.
