Meanwhile he devoted his spare time to study and became proficient in Latin, French, and engraving; in addition he enlisted in the army as a volunteer. Antonio is the fifth of eleven children, of which five die before their fifth birthday. width: "100%", He now wished to become a Carthusian; missionary work, however, appealing strongly to him he proceeded to Rome. He was consecrated at Vich and embarked at Barcelona on 28 Dec. Having arrived at his destination he began at once a work of thorough reform. Among many proposals for basing it on the progress and success, the Word of God moves him, it relocates him and sets him on the path of following Jesus missionary. The political situation in Catalonia, divided by the civil war between liberals and Carlists and the unstable situation of the Church under the constant pressure of the governing rulers, left no other solution to Antonio than to leave his homeland and offer his services directly to Propaganda Fide, then in charge of the task of evangelization in the whole world. ); “Sermones de misión” (3 vols. ); “Misión de la mujer”; “Vida de Sta. Informations were begun in 1887 and he was declared Venerable by Leo XIII in 1899. The situation on the island of Cuba is deplorable: exploitation and slavery, public immorality, family insecurity, disaffection for the Church and especially progressive dechristianization. The atmosphere of violence and insecurity does not overawe him; on the contrary, it strengthens his infantile temper. On his way to the Cartuja de Montealegre the following year, a cold caught under a heavy storm forced him to retreat and his dreams of a retired life began to fade. La escasa salud de su madre hizo que se le pusiera al cuidado de una nodriza en... https://www.minutosdeamor.com/2020/10/24/san-antonio-maria-claret-7/, Lectura de la carta del apóstol san Pablo a los Efesios 4, 7-16, El mártir de Armero: Padre Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, Lectura de la carta del apóstol san Pablo a los Efesios 4, 1-6. In six years he toured most of his vast diocese three times. While living in Barcelona he suffers some hard disappointments: the betrayal of a friend who robs him and others, the seduction of a woman trying to get him to satisfy her passions and, above all, the shock of being about to get drowned at sea. God’s hand is felt. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid Poor and on foot, he walked across Catalonia and the Canary Islands; all folks recognized him by his poverty, his friendly style and his missionary passion. His child’s heart is tender and touched the pain of others. It brings him the joy of martyrs who shed their blood for Christ. Pensamientos de San Antonio María Claret 2. Son of a small woollen manufacturer, he received an elementary education in his native village, and at the age of twelve became a weaver. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York. For nine years he was rector of the Escorial monastery where he established an excellent scientific laboratory, a museum of natural history, a library, college, and schools of music and languages. Despite his resistance and his concern about the Religious Library and the newly founded Congregation of Missionaries, he is made, by obedience, to accept the position. In this hidden monastery, surrounded by the love of the monks and some of his missionaries he dies, at 62 years and 10 months of age, on October 24, 1870. Naturally his zeal stirred up the enmity and calumnies of the irreligious, as had happened previously in Spain. Unable to continue preaching in Catalonia because of the outbreak of the Second Carlist War, his superior sends him to the Canary Islands. nº9).La guerra popular contra Napoleón embargaba vivamente el ambiente de la época. The seminary was reorganized, clerical discipline strengthened, and over nine thousand marriages validated within the first two years. Porque sus lecturas eran escogidas. Vol. There come his pursuers, seeking to arrest him and bring him to Spain for trial. No less than fifteen attempts were made on his life, and at Holguin his cheek was laid open from ear to chin by a would-be assassin’s knife. Antonio Claret y Clará nacía en Sallent, Barcelona, el 23 de diciembre de 1807. When Isabella recognized the new Government of United Italy he left the Court and hastened to take his place by the side of the pope; at the latter’s command, however, he returned to Madrid with faculties for absolving the queen from the censures she had incurred. Colloquially he is soon started being called “the Padrito”. There, in absence of doctors and thanks to his knowledge of the curative power of plants in the Montseny Mountains rightly serves the sick and acquires fame as a healer. Pero ya entonces Antonio tenía una ilusión: llegar a ser sacerdote y apóstol. ; in 1848 he founds the Religious Library, a publishing house which in its first eighteen years launches 2,811,100 copies of books, 2,509,500 of small books and 4,249,200 leaflets. Ya desde sus primeros años Antonio dio muestras de una inteligencia despejada y de buen corazón. Nihil Obstat. “Orar es pensar en Dios, amar a Dios y dirigir a la mayor gloria de Dios todo lo que digas y hagas; es pedir a Dios para ti y para los otros.” 3. Ha pasado a la historia con el renombre de Apóstol del Siglo XIX. His father was a woollen manufacturer. Le bautizaron el día de Navidad. Transcription. Therefore he is forced to flee as a criminal and take refuge in the Cistercian monastery of Fontfroide, near Narbonne. The young Antonio wonders about his identity. His influence was now directed solely to help the poor and to propagate learning; he lived frugally and took up his residence in an Italian hospice. For youth education and care of welfare institutions he manages to have the Escolapios, the Jesuits and the Daughters of Charity established on the island; along with M. Antonia Paris he founded the convent of Sisters of Mary Immaculate or Claretian Missionaries on August 27, 1855. A Bible, a change of clothes and a map is all that contained the bundle he used to carry in his countless missionary journeys. His prayers become much shorter and less enthusiastic than they used to be in his childhood, although he still attends Sunday Mass and regularly prays the rosary. He gives his episcopal ministry a missionary significance. MacErlean, A. Él mismo recordaría más tarde siendo Arzobispo: “Esta idea de la eternidad de penas quedó en mí tan grabada, que, ya sea por lo tierno que empezó en mí o ya sea por las muchas veces que pensaba en ella, lo cierto es que es lo que más tengo presente. At the Council he intervenes passionately in favor of papal infallibility. He delivers the bread of the Word, of culture and of human dignity. He grows in a home dedicated to textile manufacturing. Pensamientos de san antonio maría claret 1. Son of a small woollen manufacturer, he received an elementary education in his native village, and at the age of twelve became a weaver. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology. In early 1840, four months after starting his novitiate, he suffers from severe pain in his right leg that prevents him from walking. Although he had not completed his theological studies, on June 13, 1835 he was ordained a priest because his bishop, Paul of Jesus Corcuera, saw something extraordinary in his personality. En 1812 se promulgaba la nueva Constitución.Mientras, Antonio jugaba, estudiaba, crecía… Dos amores destacaban ya en el pequeño Claret: la Eucaristía y la Virgen. Although he feels like a caged bird, the years spent in Madrid are of the most human, spiritual and apostolic maturity. However, the school is unfortunately closed by government orders; so his father puts him to work at the family loom. Upon arrival, the new archbishop understands that what is most needed is to undertake some renovation work in the Christian life and promotes a series of missionary campaigns, in which he participates, bringing the Word of God to all villages. The icons used in this section are the artwork of Maximino Cerezo Barredo, CMF (2016). His management of this institution cannot be more effective and wider: restoration of the building, recovery of productive fields for financing, equipping the church, establishment of a Chaplains corporation, an inter-diocesan seminary, a college of secondary education and the first courses at a university. In addition to the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Heart of Mary (approved definitively by Pius IX, 11 Feb., 1870) which has now over 110 houses and 2000 members, with missions in W. Africa, and in Chocó (Columbia), Archbishop Claret founded or drew up the rules of several communities of nuns. In April 1869, on the occasion of the celebration of the priesthood golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX and the preparatory work of the First Vatican Council, he says goodbye to the royal family and moves to Rome, where he lives in the convent of San Adrián, the Mercedaries. He lives simply and poorly. The text of the Gospel “What will one gain by winning the whole world if he destroys himself?” (Mth16, 26) shakes his conscience. Although he is carried on someone’s shoulders to escape the fighting during the first years of war, when he is just four or five years old he is brave enough to accompany and guide his elderly grandfather who being almost blind, was left behind in the darkness. He becomes the target of hatred and revenge of many: “In spite of having always proceeded with great caution in this field – he refers to favoritism-, I have not escaped the gossip” he states. His zealous life and the wonders he wrought both before and after his death testified to his sanctity. From February 1848 to May of the following year, he covers most of the island of Gran Canaria and two locations of Lanzarote Island. Sin embargo, su vocación debería recorrer todavía otro itinerario. (1914). Esta misma idea es la que más me ha hecho y me hace trabajar aún, y me hará trabajar mientras viva, en la conversión de los pecadores”. March 1, 1914. He is consecrated bishop on October 6, 1850 at the Cathedral of Vic. New York: The Encyclopedia Press. Pocas cosas contribuyeron tanto a la santidad de Antonio como sus lecturas, las primeras lecturas de su infancia. 16 (Index). This article was transcribed for New Advent by Herman F. Holbrook. Carta de Antonio, Arzobispo de Santiago de Cuba al Conde de Pinohermoso, Mayordomo Mayor, solicitando audiencia a la Reina Isabel II. Despite his political neutrality, he will soon suffer persecution and slander from those who accuse him of favouring the more conservative parties. Contact information. A little later he went to Barcelona to specialize in his trade, and remained there till he was twenty. Recalled by his superiors to Vich, he was engaged in missionary work throughout Catalonia. Antonio Claret y Clará nacía en Sallent, Barcelona, el 23 de diciembre de 1807. He lives within a family dedicated to textile manufacturing and, at 17, he goes to Barcelona to specialize in this field, placing him in the center of the industrial boom of the nineteenth century. He takes a few free days to do spiritual exercises with the Jesuits. New York: The Encyclopedia Press, 1914. Such had been the fruit of his zealous labours and so great the wonders he had worked, that Pius IX at the request of the Spanish sovereign appointed him Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba in 1851. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16026a.htm. Following the revolution of September 1868, he goes with the Queen into exile. Ad Dei gloriam honoremque Sancti Antonii Mariae. espero que le sirvan como informacion by francisco7reyna7cent in Types > Presentations The Jesuit Father General, Jan Roothaan, says resolutely: “It is God’s will that you go soon back to Spain; do not be afraid; cheer up”. Queen Isabel II personally chooses him as her Confessor in 1857 and therefore he has to move to Madrid. Una noche en que Antonio se quedó en la casa paterna se hundió la casa de la nodriza muriendo todos en el accidente. By his sermons and writings he contributed greatly to bring about the revival of the Catalan language. Recognizing a call to a higher life, he left Barcelona, entered the seminary at Vich in 1829, and was ordained on 13 June, 1835. Sus soldados pasaban frecuentemente por la villa entre los años 1808 y 1814. With the staff of the Good Shepherd he visits his diocese three times. The force of the Word of God again unsettles him; this time, he leaves the comfort of the parish and follows the call to evangelize as a missionary. layout: "video", Regrettably, I can’t reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback — especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. Era el quinto de once hijos de Juan Claret y Josefa Clará. He erected a hospital and numerous schools. AGUILAR, Vida admirable del Venerable Antonio María Claret (Madrid, 1894); BLANCH, Vida del Venerable Antonio María Claret (Barcelona, 1906); CLOTET, Compendio de la vida del Siervo de Dios Antonio María Claret (Barcelona, 1880); Memorias ineditas del Padre Clotet in the archives of the missionaries of Aranda de Duero; VILLABA HERVAS, Recuerdos de cinco lustros 1843-1868 (Madrid, 1896); Estudi bibliografich de los obres del Venerable Sallenti (Barcelona, 1907). Aware of his talent for manufacture, he goes to Barcelona for further training in the textile skill. https://www.minutosdeamor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-sanantoniomariaclaret.jpg, https://www.minutosdeamor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-sanantoniomariaclaret-150x150.jpg. Palace standards do meet neither the time nor the apostolic spirit of Archbishop Claret: he exerts an intense activity in the city, he preaches and confesses, writes books, visits prisons and hospitals. Two days later, on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord, his parents, Juan and Josefa, have him baptized in the parish church of Santa Maria. Hasta los sacerdotes del pueblo se habían sumado a la lucha. Historia sobre San Antonio María Claret, misionero, evangelizador . }); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}). He walks across much of Catalonia between 1843 and 1848, preaching the Word of God, always on foot, not collecting money or gifts for his ministry. His further plans were frustrated by the revolution of 1868. Owing to failing health he withdrew to Prades in France, where he was still harassed by his calumnious Spanish enemies; shortly afterwards he retired to the Cistercian abbey at Fontfroide where he expired. Era el quinto de once hijos de Juan Claret y Josefa Clará. Antonio Claret and Clará was born in Sallent (Barcelona), about 15 km from Manresa, on December 23, 1807, in a deeply Christian family. channel: "iconday" ”. He became so popular that he is is co-patron of the diocese of Las Palmas along with the Virgen del Pino. As his missionary concern was still alive, on August 15, 1840 he decides to carry out his first popular mission. Spanish prelate and missionary, born at Sallent, near Barcelona, 23 Dec., 1807; d. at Fontfroide, Narbonne, France, on 24 Oct., 1870. At the age of twelve he hears God’s call to be a priest, so, his father puts him to study Latin. Antonio María Claret y Clará. Once consecrated bishop he remains missionary. Antonio María Claret y Clará Spanish prelate and missionary, born at Sallent, near Barcelona, 23 Dec., 1807; d. at Fontfroide, Narbonne, France, on 24 Oct., 1870. Because of his spiritual influence and determination, the religious and moral situation of the Court is gradually changing. From January 1841 he moves to Vic and is fully dedicated to go across different villages of the diocese. Back in Catalonia, on July 16, 1849 he founds in a cell of the seminary of Vic, the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Such an intense and diverse activity involves confrontation, slander, persecution and attacks on his person. He feels concerned about the spiritual and pastoral renewal of the clergy and the founding of religious communities. In 1848 he was sent to the Canary Islands where he gave retreats for fifteen months. Just a few months after his birth, the rhythmic beat of the looms is ruined by the outbreak of the French invasion and the War of Independence. Tu adoración diaria al Santísimo – Manual de oración y formación católica. His union with Jesus Christ reaches a peak in the grace of the sacramental species conservation, granted in La Granja (Segovia) on August 26,1861. Le bautizaron el día de Navidad. Imprimatur. Anthony Maria Claret i Clarà was born in Sallent, in the county of Bages in the Province of Barcelona, on December 23, 1807, the fifth of the eleven children of Juan and Josefa Claret. Despite some offers to set up his own factory, he refuses to satisfy his father’s wishes and he decides to give everything up to become a Carthusian. In 1859 the Queen appoints him Protector of the church and hospital of Montserrat, Madrid, and Chairman of the monastery of El Escorial. [Note: Antonio María Claret was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Two days later, on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord, his parents, Juan and Josefa, have him baptized in the parish church of Santa Maria. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. It is beatified by Pope Pius XI on February 25, 1934 and canonized Pius XII on May 7, 1950. Madrid, 20 de octubre de 1850 [Manuscrito] Antonio, Arzobispo de Santiago de Cuba. He works and studies with such dedication that it soon becomes an obsession. The director encouraged him to apply for entrance in the Society of Jesus. His relics were transferred to the mission house at Vich in 1897, at which time his heart was found incorrupt, and his grave is constantly visited by many pilgrims. height: 400, In February, 1857, he was recalled to Spain by Isabella II, who made him her confessor. This feeling make him eager to help everyone to live according to the will of God and thus avoiding eternal suffering. He is persecuted and sheds his blood to serve God and the poor. He always tries to keep up his independence and political neutrality fact that brings him multiple feuds. Sick, slandered and persecuted he renders his spirit on the cross of exile. MacErlean, Andrew. He suffers one attack in Holguin, on February 1, 1856, that almost costs him his life. In Paris he continues his ministry with the Queen and the Prince of Asturias, founds the Conferences of the Holy Family and lavishes in many apostolic activities, especially for immigrants. (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) Three times he made a visitation of the entire diocese, giving local missions incessantly. Antonio María Claret, Santo 1807-1870. He who sought to imitate his Lord at all times, in the end, he ran His Easter path. He fights against slavery, creates a farm school for poor children, sets up a savings bank with a marked social character, founds Popular libraries, writes two books on agriculture, etc. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. Ven. He promotes the Academy of San Miguel, a project aiming to bring together intellectuals and artists to “associate to promote the sciences and the arts under the religious aspect, combining their efforts to combat errors, spread good books and good doctrines. Le bautizaron el día de Navidad. He gradually forgets his desire to be a priest, but God is leading him according to His plans. At that time he suffers a strong temptation against chastity, in which he recognizes the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary in his favour and above all the God’s will, who wants him to be a missionary, an evangelist. Ecclesiastical approbation. A los cinco años, Toñín pensaba en la eternidad: por la noche, sentado en la cama, quedaba impresionado por aquel “siempre, siempre, siempre”. Little Anton finds peace of mind and strength in his friendship with Jesus, whom he encounters in the Eucharist, as well as in his devotion to the Virgin Mary, whose chapel in Fussimanya he often visits with her sister Rosa praying the rosary. For the sake of communion with the hierarchy and the pastoral faculties involved, he asks Propaganda Fide for the title of “Apostolic Missionary” which he fills with spiritual and apostolic content. ], APA citation. He obtained permission to resign his see and was appointed to the titular see of Trajanopolis. After a journey full of hazard, he finally arrives in Rome. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. He entered the seminary of Vic at 22, without abandoning his intention to become a monk. As the parish is well assisted, he can go out to preach missions in nearby villages. He soon discovers that also other means of apostolate may help him ensure the effectiveness and continuity of the fruits of the missions: public prayer books, catechisms and prints aimed at priests, nuns, children, youth, married, parents, etc. Era el quinto de once hijos de Juan Claret y Josefa Clará. At five years of age, he often thinks about the eternal misery of those who are condemned. At the conclusion of the sessions, with rather broken health and having a premonition of his death, he moves to the community that their missionaries exiled from Spain have settled in Prades (France). The great work of Claret begins humbly with five priests endowed with the same spirit as the Founder. new Twitch.Embed("twitch-embed", { Antonio Claret and Clará was born in Sallent (Barcelona), about 15 km from Manresa, on December 23, 1807, in a deeply Christian family. Asistía con atención a la misa; hacía asiduas visitas al Santísimo; iba con frecuencia, acompañado de su hermana Rosa, a la ermita de Fusimaña y rezaba diariamente el rosario.Una debilidad de Antonio eran los libros. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. He continued his popular missions and distribution of good books wherever he went in accompanying the Spanish Court. He must go to the palace at least weekly to exercise his ministry as confessor and deal with the Christian education of Princess Isabel and Prince Alfonso and princesses who will be born in successive years. A few days later, on August 11, Mossen Anton knows his appointment as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba. Mónica”; “La Virgen del Pilar y los Francmasones”; and his “Autobiografia”, written by order of his spiritual director, but still unpublished. Lo siento, debes estar conectado para publicar un comentario. His superior, aware of his apostolic vocation and the fruits of his preaching, frees him from a parish service and lets him engage in missions. In each location he preaches missions to the people and conducts retreats for priests and religious. As effective means of perseverance and progress in the Christian life he founds or promotes religious brotherhoods, including the Confraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and writes the book “Daughters of the Blessed and Immaculate Heart of Mary”, which eventually will inspire the birth of the secular institute of Cordimarian affiliation. His evangelising influence reaches throughout the peninsula and the Gospel permeates the popular culture of his time with his writings and initiatives. The young Antonio experiences the closeness of the Virgin Mary, protecting him in temptations and saving him from death, and the power of the Word of God that upsets the comfortable world of his projects and dreams of success. He remains four years in Sallent, where he completes his studies and attends his hometown parish. Back in Catalonia, the chapter vicar of the diocese of Vic, Luciano Casadevall, sends him to the parish of Viladrau. As a child he enjoyed pilgrimages to the nearby Shrine of Our Lady of Fussimanya. There he entered the Jesuit novitiate but finding himself unsuited for that manner of life, he returned shortly to Spain and exercised his ministry at Valadrau and Gerona, attracting notice by his efforts on behalf of the poor. His printed works number over 130, of which we may mention: “La escalade Jacob”; “Maximas de moral la más pura”; “Avisos”; “Catecismo explicado con láminas”; “La llave de oro”; “Selectos panegíricos” (11 vols. Among looms, Antonio Claret lays the foundations of his life.
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