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The Hogar de Cristo (In Spanish, and its pronunciation is /o.'gaɾ.ðe.'kɾis.to/) (of Christ ) is a Chilean public institution of charity, created by Saint Alberto Hurtado, a Jesuit priest, on October 19, 1944, who was declared as saint by the Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. Currently, this foundation serves monthly more than 25 thousand of people in extreme poverty, in the more than 500 works which has throughout the country. It is led by Father Pablo Walker, and is part of the works of the Jesuits in Chile. == History == ''Hogar de Cristo'' was born as an initiative of the Jesuit priest Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, who wanted to create a place of refuge for people in street situations. Thus, he began a campaign, mainly through the newspaper "El Mercurio" that led to the foundation of the Home. On December 21, 1944, he laid the headquarter cornerstone of the foundation building, located in ''Bernal del Mercado'' Street, in the commune of Estación Central, Santiago. The Foundation happen to have legal status in 1945, and the first inn was inaugurated. The following year, the inn of Estación Central is opened, which now functions as the institutional headquarter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuestra Historia )〕 Henceforth, ''Hogar de Cristo'' has exceeded its objectives widely, and thanks to a very efficient and effective resource generation, many different areas of social action are reached. So, whether initially it was not more than a stay overnight residential, it shall over time become to serve terminally ill patiens, destituted elderlies, young people with substance abuse problems, and so on. Father Hurtado, Founder of the Home and chaplain of it, died in 1952 and was succeeded by Father Guillermo Balmaceda. In 1955, it begins the spread of this Foundation into the rest of the country, being in Antofagasta and Los Ángeles where the first branch-offices were inaugurated (1957). The foundation opened the first nursing home in 1954, the first opened daylight in 1973, and the first central high risk in 1981. On April 3, 1987, the Pope John Paul II visited the offices of Home of Christ, in Santiago, as part of his visit to Chile during his six-day journey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Chronology visit )〕 The pope himself was who beatified Alberto Hurtado in 1994, the same year that began the construction of Padre Hurtado's sanctuary (sanctuary and tomb) in Estación Central, which was opened on November 1995.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hogar de Cristo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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