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Pedro Pablo Opeka (born June 29, 1948), known also as Father Opeka, is a Catholic priest from Argentina,〔http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-22980-2003-07-20.html El milagro del padre Pedro (spanish)〕〔http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2009/03/23/sociedad/s-01882718.htm Un cura argentino que sabe cómo vencer a la pobreza (spanish)〕 working as a missionary in Madagascar. For his service to the poor, he was awarded the Legion of Honor. ==Early life== Opeka was born in Argentina, in San Martín, a suburb of Buenos Aires, to Argentine Slovene parents.〔http://famvin.org/wiki/Pedro_Opeka Vincentian Encyclopedia: Pedro Opeka, CM〕 His father was from Begunje near Cerknica in Inner Carniola, his mother from Velike Lašče in Lower Carniola;.〔http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:q083ovzyyugJ:www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/slovenija/oce-pedro-je-oce-dobrih-prijateljev+&cd=1&hl=sl&ct=clnk〕 His father was a former member of the Home Guard, a Slovenian anti-communist German-led auxiliary police force, and avoided post-war summary executions by fleeing to Italy. He met future his future wife in a refugee camp in Italy, where they married. They emigrated together to Argentina to avoid the Yugoslav communist regime. Pedro grew up in the streets of Buenos Aires. Very early as a child, from the age of 9, he worked with his father as a bricklayer. At 15, he hesitated between becoming a football professional and a priest. He eventually decided to become a priest and enter the seminary of the Lazarists in Buenos Aires. At 20, he went to Ljubljana in Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), to further his training. Two years later, In 1970, he went to Madagascar where he worked as a bricklayer in the parishes of the Lazarists. He finished his studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris (1972-1975), where he learnt French. He met the Taizé Community near Cluny in France, who have their members supporting communities in 24 major cities around the globe, and travelled all over Europe. Pedro Opeka speaks 7 languages: Spanish (his first language), Slovenian (his mother tongue), English, French, Italian, Latin and Malagasy. 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「Pedro Opeka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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