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Pedro Poveda, priest, martyr, and founder of the ''Teresian Association'', was born in Linares, Spain on December 3, 1874. Canonized in 2003, his feast day is July 28. ==Life== Pedro Poveda was born December 3, 1874 at Linares, Spain. He entered the seminary in Jaen in 1889, and then transferred to the seminary of Guadix, Grenada, where he had been offered a scholarship.〔("Pedro Poveda Castroverde", Vatican News Service )〕 Ordained on April 17, 1897, at the age of twenty-three. He taught at the seminary, continued his studies, and received his licentiate in theology in Seville in 1900. In 1902 he was assigned to preach a Lenten mission in Guadix to the Roma people who lived in the caves. He began Christian doctrine classes, then two schools for the children. Poveda moved the caves in order to live closer to the people.〔("Pedro Poveda's Life", PedroPoveda.org )〕 He collected funds for the project, travelling through the province and to Madrid where he had good friends, and organized the St. Vincent de Paul Conferences. Convinced of the importance of education, he founds the Schools of the Sacred Heart for poor children. In 1905, due to difficulties with the acceptance of his socio- educational activities he was obliged to abandon the work in the Caves of Guadix and at the of thirty-two accepted an appointment as a canon of the Basilica of Covadonga, Asturias. His time in Guadix had impressed Pedro with the need for education for the poor. He began to published articles and pamphlets on the question of the professional formation of teachers.〔 These constitute the beginning of what later on will become the Teresian Association. The Academies were an answer to the critical situation of the times. In Spain, at the end of the nineteenth century, 68% of men and 79% of women were illiterate.〔 He joined the Apostolic Union of Secular Priests in 1912, wrote on the need for more teachers, and opened teacher training centers. He returned to teaching at the seminary at Jaen, served as spiritual director of Los Operarios Catechetical Centre, and taught religion at the Teachers Training School.〔 In 1921 he was transferred to Madrid and was appointed a chaplain of the Royal Palace.〔 In 1922 he was appointed to the Central Board Against Illiteracy, and continued to work with the Teresian Association. 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 Poveda Castroverde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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