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ST. ANTHONY Mary CLARETThe man who challenged the impossible

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• Works a great deal, but he is not a workaholic

Anthony Mary Claret...

• Prays very often, but he is not a spiritualist man

• Writes a lot, but he is not a professional writer

• Is well known, but he is not a superstar

• Suffers, but he is not bitter person

• Is a holy man, but he is not stupid

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But, who is Anthony Mary

Claret?

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He was born at Sallent in Spain on December 23, 1807

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Since he was a child he wanted to become a priest

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He works in his father’s workshop. Manufacturing is in his

blood

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When he is only 17 he leaves Sallent and goes to the big city of Barcelona: there is a new world to

explore!

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He works during the day. He studies at night. He dreams of

becoming a great textile industrialist.

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But God has a “new” proposal for him

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“In the midst of this whirligig of ideas, while I was at Mass one day, I remembered reading as a

small boy those words of the Gospel: "What does it profit a

man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?"

This phrase impressed me deeply and went like an arrow

to my heart. I tried to think and reason what to do, but to no

avail.”

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The time of a radical option has come!

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He studies to become a priest in the seminary of Vic, Catalonia,

Spain

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He is ordained a priest on June 13, 1835 at Solsona, not far from Vic

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After an attempt of going to foreign missions and of joining the Society of

Jesus in Rome, he becomes an itinerant missionary preaching in

many towns and villages in Catalonia …

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… and in the Canary Islands, where he is known as “El

Padrito” (The Little Father)

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Always “poor and on foot”, preaching the Gospel to the poor, in the style of

the prophets and the apostles

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On July 16, 1849 he founds the Congregation of Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in

this small room of the diocesan seminary in Vic

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Together with five other companions

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“My God, may you be blessed for condescending to choose your

humble servants to be Sons of the Immaculate Heart of your Mother!

Most Blessed Mother, may the courtesy of your Immaculate

Heart, in accepting us as your Sons, be praised a thousand

times! Mother, make us cooperate with such kindness by becoming daily more humble, fervent, and

zealous for the salvation of souls.”

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On August 4, 1849, astonishing news: Pope Pius IX appoints him as Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba

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“Overwhelmed by the nomination, I had no

desire to accept it because I considered myself unworthy and incapable of such a

great dignity, for which I lacked both the

necessary knowledge and virtue.”

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1851-1857:

Archbishop of

Santiago, Cuba

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In Cuba he fought against injustice, helped the poor, visited and organized the diocesis, preached the Gospel to

all

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In 1855, along with Mother Antonia M. Paris, he founds the Religious Sisters

of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters)

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He suffered many attacks, but he intensively loved people and was

committed to them

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1857-1868: Confessor to Queen Isabella II of Spain in Madrid

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“I was a few days into the mission when I

received a royal summons to Madrid. The Archbishop of Toledo, who was

confessor to the queen, had died, and Her

Majesty had chosen me as her new confessor.”

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1857-1868: During these years he wrote many books

and pamphlets

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Accompanying the Queen, he toured Spain preaching the

Gospel

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He promoted the vocation of the lay people for evangelization

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“In these last times, it seems that God wants the lay people to play

an important role in the salvation of souls.”

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He founds the Academy of St. Michael, presides the Patronage of the Monastery of El Escorial, works actively for the reform of

the Church.

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In 1850 he published the book “Daughters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary”, basis

of the present secular institute “Cordimarian Filiation”

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His mind and his heart progressively opened to a more

and more universal mission : “My spirit is for the whole world”

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1868: Exile in Paris

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1870: Bishop of Vatican I

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Defender of the infallibility of the Pope

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Exiled in a Cistercian monastery in Fontfroide,

France

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He died on October 24, 1870

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“I have loved justice and hated iniquity. Because of this I die in

exile.”

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Since 1897 his sepulchre is at Vic, in Catalonia, Spain

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Canonized by Pope Pius XII

on May 7, 1950

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His ideal?

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To Evangelize

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His symbol?

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Fire

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“A Son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a man on fire with love, who spreads

its flames wherever he goes. He desires mightily and strives by all means possible to set the whole world on fire with God's

love.

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Nothing daunts him; he delights in

privations, welcomes work, embraces

sacrifices, smiles at slander, and rejoices in

suffering.

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His only concern is how he can best follow

Jesus Christ and imitate Him in

working, suffering, and striving constantly

and single-mindedly for the greater glory

of God and the salvation of souls.”

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WORK

PRAY

SUFFER

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“Formed in the forge of

your mercy and

love”

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“He was a great soul, born as it were to assemble contrasts.

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Though of humble origin, he was glorious in the eyes of the world.

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Small in stature, but giant in spirit. Modest in appearance, but very capable of imposing

respect even to the great of the world.

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Strong in character, but possessing the soft gentleness of one who knows the restraint of austerity and penance.

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Always in God’s presence, while in the midst of his prodigious external

activity.

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Slandered and admired, honoured and persecuted.

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And amidst so many wonders, like a soft light that illumines everything, his devotion to the Mother of God.”

(Pius XII)

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The spirit of Claret is still alive

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THE CLARETIAN FAMILY TODAY

• Claretian Missionaries

• Claretian Missionary Sisters

• Cordimarian Filiation

• Lay Claretians

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THE CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WORLD

CHINA

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Saint Anthony Mary Claret, pray for us

Fr. Gonzalo Fernández Sanz, CMF