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Pedro Poveda belonged to a traditional Christian family, where what was relevant was love, shared life, loyalty among its members... and, sometimes, an effective firewall against the ravages of life.
The family for Poveda was always the space to protect and to protect himself, the space where he knew he was accepted unconditionally, the area where he could express his vulnerability without fear of being judged, the first environment where he could perceive God..., a God who can only be known by opening one's eyes, as one knows the light.
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The FAMILY atmosphere will also be the key to Poveda's vision of the Teresian residence as a place in which to grow and be formed.
Today, the family also continues to be at the centre of the attention of the Teresian Association.
VOCATION is something very important for Pedro Poveda and Josefa Segovia and they remind us of it.
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Looking is “perceiving objects through the eyes through the action of light.” Therefore, being able to see does not depend only on the eyes or only on what we look at, but on the action of light that illuminates and makes it visible. And we also know that even illuminated with the same light, we do not all see the same thing. Reality is multifaceted, it does not have a single reading and as a consequence, it invites us to take new looks, to discover new points of view. This task was essential for Pedro Poveda throughout his life and it is essential for the Charism of the Teresian Association to take charge of our responsibility of having eyes that see. This requires us to exercise ourselves in dialogue.
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The look that moves and engages
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There I was God's instrument...
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Under the endearing gaze of our Lady Santina, Poveda encountered a God who healed, liberated, sustained and encouraged. He found himself, with nature, with a cultural, environmental and intellectual context that opened new perspectives to him. From this experience he wrote tirelessly, wanting to shed a little light on the complexity of the changes that were emerging, trying to show solutions, to point out guidelines, to outline paths, to direct possibilities and to provoke strategies.
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For Jesus´ followers, the key is to collaborate with those who feel the call to build a more humane, more fraternal world, more in line with God's dream for humanity. Hence, the importance of acquiring the skills that allow us to know how to listen, to work with others, to allow ourselves to be molded by others, to remain open to new ideas and life experiences, and to be surprised by alternative understandings of reality. In Jaen Poveda experienced the fruit of collaboration. Collaborating requires us to be responsible for cooperating, contributing, participating, helping,... and go beyond the gift of kindness or offense.. Who collaborates with others does not hurt or destroy, but rather heals and edifies. For Poveda, collaborating with others is an essential attitude for the members of the Association: We all have to cooperate. Here, there is not only one person and the others are just mere spectators, but each one has his place, his duty, his responsibility.
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Audacity is one of the traits that most and best defines Poveda. For him, risk always had more value than security, the experiential than the thought, the assimilated than the acquired, the essential than the superfluous. He never disguised his priestly identity, nor did he subjected to any price the mission for which he believed he had been called.
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Victoria Diaz (1903-1936) will find an apparently ordinary woman. She traveled paths without maps and approached the men and women of his time, intensely and lovingly, with the sole desire to make them sense something of the Good News. Victoria experienced a relationship with God sustained by his strong call to self-giving and to become a living crucifix. From the beginning of her vocation, she confessed her radical trust in God, resolving to “not to look at herself but at Jesus,” until confessing, close to her martyrdom, that “love is strong like death and when that love is in God it passes its limits” and it overflows…
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In the month of October 1923, Josefa Segovia, Isabel del Castillo and Eulalia Garcia Escriche, were sent by Pedro Poveda to Rome. They travel to introduce the Teresian Association in the Vatican and request for pontifical approval. They hope that this recognition would give support, stability and impetus to a young and innovative association in the church. On January 11th, 1924, the Association received the good news of its pontifical approval through the Brief Interfrugiferas of Pope Pius XI.
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‘I don't mind going to the end of the world if I can give glory to God there.’ ‘If anyone is to be preferred, it will be the poor, the wretched, the unloved.‘ 'We must carry God within us and show him with simplicity... let him always be seen as “the salt of the earth”... seasoning everything and avoiding corruption’. 'Do not be a woman of novenas, but a soul of prayer... do not get into the habit of saying many routine prayers; one that comes from the heart and is composed in your own way is like a fiery dart that goes to the heart of God’. Victoria Díez
“To enhance our family environments as places of encounter, welcome and refuge, where listening, dialogue and respect are fostered. Environments that express with words and gestures that we are family where we can be, believe and grow. ” TA Lines of mission and thrusts 2023-2028
“I was very sorry to leave Covadonga. But the joy that the hope of seeing the Work progress in many places gave me was greater. From Jaen I could serve the Work better.” Pedro Poveda Autobiographical notesJaen, 23 May 1915
"I believed, for this I spoke. That is to say, my belief, my faith is not wavering, it is firm, and that is why I speak."
“I believe that the more the 'houses' are like family life, the better they are, and the ideal, for me, is in this, that the Teresian houses may be so many families influenced by the peace and fraternal love of a solid piety. This is how one works well and makes good use of one's time and enjoys bodily health. Being good there is joy and in everything there is contentment and consolation. In our houses there are no petty, sad or dull girls, and I believe that this is the most suitable means of education. ”Carta a Mariana Ruiz Vallecillo, Directress of Madrid residence (CpH 70, p.304, spanish)
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Knowing the specific purpose: to train believing professionals to act in public and private social spaces, and that it was made up of different associations in accordance with the commitments assumed. This made the Jesuit Pedro Vidal, consultant of the Congregation of the Council, say: 'The Work is so necessary that if it did not exist it would have to be founded. You are the only ones in the world, do not let them turn you into a religious congregation.' The Nuncio in Spain, Federico Tedeschini, had insisted on the importance of taking this step. And, in truth, it guaranteed the stability and identity profile of an innovative Catholic association. Those women dedicated several weeks to negotiations, consultations, advice and decisions, feeling accompanied, not only by Pedro Poveda who, from a distance, told them: “Decide according to your criteria. God is with you”. The people who guided and facilitated the procedures were an essential help, due to the nature of the objective sought, especially some cardinals and canonists. The novelty of this Catholic association aroused curiosity and appreciation, receiving support for its approval as a secular association. The Brief of Approval signed by Pope Pius the 11th! It unleashed a wave of grateful emotions, which Josefa Segovia expressed as follows upon receiving the first news on January 6th: “Faith, faith, faith, move the mountains! “Blessed faith that has brought us the much-desired approval.” (Josefa Segovia: Letters, Madrid, Iter, 1970, p. 48.) Ten years later, the presence, with continuity, of the Teresian Association in Rome began. Josefa Grosso, Concepcion Alvarez, Rosario Basterrechea and Cristina Sanchez traveled in November 1934. As students in different centers, they learned about Roman society, established relationships, and in February 1935 they opened a university residence at 15 Bataglia Street. Perhaps you remembered in those months, the letter from Josefa Segovia on the first anniversary of the approval, January 1925, speaking of a Work: “with very broad horizons, with a simple exterior, without obstacles that would hinder its movements, with a very notable similarity with the lives of the first children of the church". (Josefa Segovia: Letters, Madrid, Iter, 1970, p. 2). Today, in Italy, people associated with the Teresian Association act and exercise different professions in Catania, Ferraro, Milan, Palermo, Perugia, Rome, Rossano and Vescovio.
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'What shall I do, Lord, to please you more? I give myself entirely to your adorable design, dispose of me, for I belong entirely to you, and do not forget my supplication: may your charity transform me, may I ablaze in it, and may it purify me. Give me the spirit of mortification and at the same time holy joy?' ‘He who lives united to Jesus Christ has in himself true joy.’ ‘Love is strong as death, and when that love is in God, it passes its limits and overflows to those who possess it. I will never turn my face away from the Lord!’ ‘Do you see how much God loves you? They say that God's love is like the flame of a fire, which cannot be hidden. Well then, the soul that is on fire with these heavenly loves can hardly hide them. How good God is who gives us everything we need!’ Victoria Díez
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Foundation in Rome. For the greatest identification with the Holy See, and therefore with the Church, which, if in all works is necessary, in ours it is indispensable, because it is of educated women, because of its organisation, because of the dangers, and because of the times and places where it is necessary to act. The facilities for everything that affects the religious order. Those offered by a stay in Rome for the studies of those who need to know the progress of culture in Italy. Those that will help us to get to know and enter into relations with the international feminine sector, with the leaders of Catholic Action, Leagues, etc. Others that our knowledge in Rome can bring us, in relation to other countries where the Association is present and, at present, with America. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [423] pp.1133
“I don't remember the date of my first communion but I doremember my decided vocation (...) My vocation had its littletests, at my parents' house (...) I dreamed of the Seminary andI spent my life making plans."
“We all have to cooperate. Here, there is not only one person and the others are just mere spectators, but each one has his place, his duty, his responsibility.”
His courage and audacity prompted him to explore new scenarios for the mission, to break with what was conventional and established in his time. With great inner strength he faced, without destroying himself, problems and difficulties. With the audacity learned in the school of Jesus, he made it possible for the Association to be born, at the time, in Covadonga. Upon arriving in Madrid, he continued to put into play this bold spirit from the confidence and strength of “believe together.” He knew from experience that one can not hope alone, but in the community of faith, which is the Church. He lived the last years of his life in a violent and terrifying, turbulent and restless historical moment. Time and place where, through attentive listening to the Spirit, he saw the Association mature, the fruit of his work, especially with the young people who surrounded him, and found the necessary environment that sustained him along the way. Poveda heard the Word and wanted with his life and death to know how to spread it. He never abdicated his dream, that is why, over time, that dream became something tangible, alive, valuable and palpitating: the Teresian Association.
First of all, I will mention two things that have a bearing on the present-day Teresian work. The first is that the image of Saint Teresa was the first one I placed in the little church in the caves. [...]The second is that all that series of persecutions, sorrows and bitterness did not make me lose my vocation to this kind of apostolate.Pedro Poveda Escritos Espirituales, Guadix, p. 754.
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“There I was God's instrument for many good things; but instrument and nothing more.” Pedro PovedaEscritos Espirituales, “Guadix”, p. 754.
He spent a lot of time praying, listening, questioning, absorbing and studying. His constant attention to the present led him to consider the great questions of the culture of his time, which meant questioning the existing conflict between culture and faith, thus beginning to give shape to the essential dimension of the Charism of the Teresian Association: the dialogue between faith and culture.
What is the Institution to do then? Give infinite thanks to God, then go to Rome to give thanks, to ask for mercy and strength, to ask for the Association, for those who direct it, for the prelates, for the rulers, for the enemies. Ask for the conversion of all, and as you ask of the one who can give infinitely, ask generously, for God is more generous in giving than you are in asking. The Association is going to purify itself, to ask forgiveness, to do penance, to settle its accounts. Just as everyone has their faults, societies have theirs. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [424]pp. 1134
"When all the acts we do are sealed with the love of God, then we live in the constant presence of God and therefore our life is prayer.”
"Before the image of La Santina, the development of the Work was prayed, projected, seen, so to speak (...)"
“Before the image of La Santina, the development of the Work was prayed, projected, seen, so to speak (...)In short, seven years of intense life in that blessed place give a lot, and everything they gave was around the ideal of my life, which emerged and crystallized looking at La Santina." “Covadonga is something singular, unique for the Association, and for me something more singular and unique. The Holy Cave will always be the true cradle of our beloved Work." Obras I. CpH. [295] Covadonga en el origen de la Institución,p. 822.
Camino hacia la Mina del Rincón
La subida es ardua, por camino pedregoso. Varios de los hombres de la patrulla comentaron que Victoria había perdido un tacón y tuvo que andar parte del camino descalza. No era terquedad lo que mantenía firme la voluntad de Victoria. No era solo que son lo que la hacía confesar que no podía traicionar su convicción más profunda. Era la misteriosa fuerza que sostiene la debilidad. Era la fortaleza que ella había admirado tanto en los mártires y que ahora reconocían su propio corazón.
Hubo un momento en que pensaron que quizás, al fin, iba a ceder. Levantó los brazos. Atónitos, la oyeron exclamar no el grito esperado sino el que brotaba de su fe: “Viva Cristo Rey y viva a mi madre”. Y mostraba en su mano apretada la pequeña imagen desgastada de la Virgen que la acompañó hasta allí. Un segundo después dos disparos - a la cabeza y al estómago- convirtieron por fin todo en rojo de fuego, sangre y luz.
Hacia las dos de la mañana del día 12 de agosto, los detenidos, con unos cuarenta milicianos, fueron esposados de dos en dos y conducidos hacia la salida del pueblo. Según contaron los testigos, salieron por la puerta posterior de la casa de don Paco, por un callejón que estaba en arenado para evitar el ruido de las pisadas en las calles empedradas de Hornachuelos.
Los relatos del camino desde la casa de don Paco en el centro de Hornachuelos hasta la mina del Rincón - que distaba unos doce kilómetros por caminos de serranía- en medio de la noche, coinciden en muchos detalles. La historia se reconstruyó a partir de conversaciones entrecortadas que escucharon en el quiosco de Angelita y en la habitación contigua a la herrería. Comentaban como, camino de la mina, daba ánimos a sus compañeros, como les decía:
“Ánimo, daos prisa, nos espera el premio, veo el cielo abierto”.
“Could it be possible, I wondered, that all these turns of events are necessary to produce such a remarkably good work? What fidelity from Don Plácido! That is what it means to have faith in an idea and love for it. God bless the protagonist!.” Pedro Poveda(Obras II. Ensayos y proyectos pedagógicos, [18] 1911) p. 242.
What would have been good news for someone else, for me, at that time, was the greatest joy they could have given me. I dreamed of the seminary. And I spent my life making plans. In October 1889 I entered the seminary in Jaén.Pedro Poveda We all have a star... it is the star of our vocation. ... It is the one who awakened our love for Jesus Christ, who impelled us towards virtue, who guided us through the thousand difficulties we encountered on our way; but above all it is the blessed ‘magnet’ with which Jesus Christ drew us to him. Vocation brings us and leads us, moves us..., but always in pursuit of Jesus as the ‘magnet’ and the north and beacon of our life. Josefa Segovia Cartas, La vocación (35. pag 124-126)
‘Up to now I have not been able to realise my desires, because I have not found an association that fulfilled my vocation, but Divine Providence has brought me... and every day I thank God more and more for having brought me into contact with an association that fulfils my ideals. Since I came to know the aims it pursues, I cannot but love it. And I believe that only by belonging to it will I be able to find happiness. How good God is to give us the measure of our desires!’ ’Science? Do not be alarmed at the word... you know that Saint Teresa, the mystic doctor, being a woman ‘without letters’, was considered the first female luminary in the science of the spirit, incomparable master of the highest prayer... She recommends and urges her daughters to base their piety on the study of the Sacred Scriptures, because a spirit that is not based on piety will produce foolish devotions, and ‘God save my daughters from these,’ she says with great grace. ‘We must live by realities, and if that reality is hard, if it is rough, let us perfume it with sacrifice, which is of more substance than dreaming. And if we ever dream, let it be of that which has no end, of that which is capable of filling our hearts completely, because one day, perhaps not so far away, we are certain of reaching the consummation of that ideal’. Victoria Díez
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‘We propose that this residence for university women should be a true house of formation, precisely for young women who are to become tomorrow directors of works, professors of higher institutions, and always persons who are distinguished for their science and virtue. It is not easy to measure or appreciate the importance of the work that you are to do in this house; because the destiny of the educated woman and her influence on modern society is at present something as great as it is vague’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [361]pp. 1000
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...My decision to leave was made after much thought and with an eye to the good of others and myself... when they saw that I was leaving... the uncharitable outburst sounded... I learned a lot during those days of unparalleled bitterness... Not a single peaceful day... it would be a sad story to tell of that time. I celebrated in the Luises until I left.... I cannot, without being untruthful, believe that in Guadix I did a lot of good... the sincere explanation that I give myself, there I was God's instrument for many good things...Pedro Poveda Autobiographical notes, 1915 (spanish)
'We do not understand anything that is of more use to the Lord than that we do not presume to go out with it, with his favour‘ (The Way of Perfection, 26.6). This should be the programme of the daughters of St. Teresa and this is the programme demanded by the present times and the needs of today's society. The Saint adds: ‘this presumption - that which is founded on God - I would like to see in this house which always makes humility grow; to have a holy boldness, that God helps the strong and is not an acceptor of persons’ (Way of Perfection, 26.6). [...] Do not be afraid, however many and however lofty they may be, for if they are from God, you will succeed with them, however great your weaknesses may be. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [298]pp. 845-846
‘As holy as they are, as self-sacrificing, as detached from everything earthly, as zealous for the glory of God, as devoted to proselytizing, as much a part of the Church. [...] The supernatural life must be intensified more and more each day. [...] Holiness more than ever; solid virtues at the cost of life’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [432]pp. 1148-1149
"The spirit brought us together, the spirit unites us,
the spirit urges us on, the spirit comforts and encourages
us, the spirit promises us the reward."
Who are the ones who make the revolution, who made it in Spain? The students, the young people, who are the ones who react? Who are the most courageous, intrepid, reckless, daring, risk-takers? The young people. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [409] pp.1091.
I naively confess that when I went up to the caves of Guadix with a group of my seminarians, I thought of nothing else but a catechesis; that from our visits to the hermitage of the Our Lady of Grace, titular of that sacred enclosure, half cave, half chapel, the plan of the schools emerged and that my vocation to this kind of apostolate had its origin there.Pedro Poveda1934. Vocations and Our Lady of Grace.Obras I. CpH [446] p.1159)
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“Why do I attach so much importance to vocation? Because without it you will not be able to take a step in your endeavour. [...] What shone, shines and will always shine in these endeavours is vocation. Give me a vocation and I will give you back a school, a method and a pedagogy. [...] Vocation, vocation and vocation, that's all it takes.” Pedro PovedaObras I. CpH [55] 1911. pp. 242-243.
I don't know how to emphasize to you the need, I would rather say that the Work feels, of your help; because if you reflect a little, you will realize the present deficiencies, how much it is convenient to correct, how easily you can cooperate with this Work... Pedro Poveda CpH 85, p.342
‘In our programme, after faith, or rather with faith, we put science. [...] Just as I told you the other day to be women of great faith, of living faith, of heartfelt faith, and never say no more faith, so I say to you today, desire science, seek science, acquire science, work to achieve it, and never tire of it, never say no more science. Too much science leads to God, too little separates us from Him’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [326]pp. 891
“We have a lot of faith, a lot of hope and we don't stop dreaming and we even realise some dreams, trusting in Providence.”
Pedro PovedaObras II. Ensayos y Proyectos Pedagógicos [6] p.45
“There I was God's instrument for many good things; but instrument and nothing more.”
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“This is my constant concern, and this is where all my advice is directed: that Christ be formed in you, that you represent Christ, that you be, in short, true Christians, for the imitation of Christ is, according to St. Basil, the definition of Christianity. May the life of Jesus be manifested in you, “for all who have been baptized into Christ must be clothed with Christ”. This is the formation that we desire for you, this is true Teresianism, this is the realization of the ideal that we pursue; and until you put all your efforts into studying, knowing, loving and imitating Christ, you will not have begun your formation; and as long as you do not progress in this exercise, you will not advance in the path of your formation, which will be greater and more perfect the more and better you imitate the divine Model.” Pedro PovedaCpH 112, p.432
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JAEN
COVADONGA
GUADIX
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THE WORLD
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FAMILY
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FAMILY
Pedro Poveda belonged to a traditional Christian family, where what was relevant was love, shared life, loyalty among its members... and, sometimes, an effective firewall against the ravages of life. The family for Poveda was always the space to protect and to protect himself, the space where he knew he was accepted unconditionally, the area where he could express his vulnerability without fear of being judged, the first environment where he could perceive God..., a God who can only be known by opening one's eyes, as one knows the light.
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The FAMILY atmosphere will also be the key to Poveda's vision of the Teresian residence as a place in which to grow and be formed.
Today, the family also continues to be at the centre of the attention of the Teresian Association.
VOCATION is something very important for Pedro Poveda and Josefa Segovia and they remind us of it.
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Looking is “perceiving objects through the eyes through the action of light.” Therefore, being able to see does not depend only on the eyes or only on what we look at, but on the action of light that illuminates and makes it visible. And we also know that even illuminated with the same light, we do not all see the same thing. Reality is multifaceted, it does not have a single reading and as a consequence, it invites us to take new looks, to discover new points of view. This task was essential for Pedro Poveda throughout his life and it is essential for the Charism of the Teresian Association to take charge of our responsibility of having eyes that see. This requires us to exercise ourselves in dialogue.
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The look that moves and engages
First of all, I would like to mention two things that have to do with the current Teresian work...
There I was God's instrument...
To set our eyes on the good of others
Never stop dreaming...
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Under the endearing gaze of our Lady Santina, Poveda encountered a God who healed, liberated, sustained and encouraged. He found himself, with nature, with a cultural, environmental and intellectual context that opened new perspectives to him. From this experience he wrote tirelessly, wanting to shed a little light on the complexity of the changes that were emerging, trying to show solutions, to point out guidelines, to outline paths, to direct possibilities and to provoke strategies.
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For Jesus´ followers, the key is to collaborate with those who feel the call to build a more humane, more fraternal world, more in line with God's dream for humanity. Hence, the importance of acquiring the skills that allow us to know how to listen, to work with others, to allow ourselves to be molded by others, to remain open to new ideas and life experiences, and to be surprised by alternative understandings of reality. In Jaen Poveda experienced the fruit of collaboration. Collaborating requires us to be responsible for cooperating, contributing, participating, helping,... and go beyond the gift of kindness or offense.. Who collaborates with others does not hurt or destroy, but rather heals and edifies. For Poveda, collaborating with others is an essential attitude for the members of the Association: We all have to cooperate. Here, there is not only one person and the others are just mere spectators, but each one has his place, his duty, his responsibility.
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Audacity is one of the traits that most and best defines Poveda. For him, risk always had more value than security, the experiential than the thought, the assimilated than the acquired, the essential than the superfluous. He never disguised his priestly identity, nor did he subjected to any price the mission for which he believed he had been called.
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Victoria Diaz (1903-1936) will find an apparently ordinary woman. She traveled paths without maps and approached the men and women of his time, intensely and lovingly, with the sole desire to make them sense something of the Good News. Victoria experienced a relationship with God sustained by his strong call to self-giving and to become a living crucifix. From the beginning of her vocation, she confessed her radical trust in God, resolving to “not to look at herself but at Jesus,” until confessing, close to her martyrdom, that “love is strong like death and when that love is in God it passes its limits” and it overflows…
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In the month of October 1923, Josefa Segovia, Isabel del Castillo and Eulalia Garcia Escriche, were sent by Pedro Poveda to Rome. They travel to introduce the Teresian Association in the Vatican and request for pontifical approval. They hope that this recognition would give support, stability and impetus to a young and innovative association in the church. On January 11th, 1924, the Association received the good news of its pontifical approval through the Brief Interfrugiferas of Pope Pius XI.
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‘I don't mind going to the end of the world if I can give glory to God there.’ ‘If anyone is to be preferred, it will be the poor, the wretched, the unloved.‘ 'We must carry God within us and show him with simplicity... let him always be seen as “the salt of the earth”... seasoning everything and avoiding corruption’. 'Do not be a woman of novenas, but a soul of prayer... do not get into the habit of saying many routine prayers; one that comes from the heart and is composed in your own way is like a fiery dart that goes to the heart of God’. Victoria Díez
“To enhance our family environments as places of encounter, welcome and refuge, where listening, dialogue and respect are fostered. Environments that express with words and gestures that we are family where we can be, believe and grow. ” TA Lines of mission and thrusts 2023-2028
“I was very sorry to leave Covadonga. But the joy that the hope of seeing the Work progress in many places gave me was greater. From Jaen I could serve the Work better.” Pedro Poveda Autobiographical notesJaen, 23 May 1915
"I believed, for this I spoke. That is to say, my belief, my faith is not wavering, it is firm, and that is why I speak."
“I believe that the more the 'houses' are like family life, the better they are, and the ideal, for me, is in this, that the Teresian houses may be so many families influenced by the peace and fraternal love of a solid piety. This is how one works well and makes good use of one's time and enjoys bodily health. Being good there is joy and in everything there is contentment and consolation. In our houses there are no petty, sad or dull girls, and I believe that this is the most suitable means of education. ”Carta a Mariana Ruiz Vallecillo, Directress of Madrid residence (CpH 70, p.304, spanish)
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Knowing the specific purpose: to train believing professionals to act in public and private social spaces, and that it was made up of different associations in accordance with the commitments assumed. This made the Jesuit Pedro Vidal, consultant of the Congregation of the Council, say: 'The Work is so necessary that if it did not exist it would have to be founded. You are the only ones in the world, do not let them turn you into a religious congregation.' The Nuncio in Spain, Federico Tedeschini, had insisted on the importance of taking this step. And, in truth, it guaranteed the stability and identity profile of an innovative Catholic association. Those women dedicated several weeks to negotiations, consultations, advice and decisions, feeling accompanied, not only by Pedro Poveda who, from a distance, told them: “Decide according to your criteria. God is with you”. The people who guided and facilitated the procedures were an essential help, due to the nature of the objective sought, especially some cardinals and canonists. The novelty of this Catholic association aroused curiosity and appreciation, receiving support for its approval as a secular association. The Brief of Approval signed by Pope Pius the 11th! It unleashed a wave of grateful emotions, which Josefa Segovia expressed as follows upon receiving the first news on January 6th: “Faith, faith, faith, move the mountains! “Blessed faith that has brought us the much-desired approval.” (Josefa Segovia: Letters, Madrid, Iter, 1970, p. 48.) Ten years later, the presence, with continuity, of the Teresian Association in Rome began. Josefa Grosso, Concepcion Alvarez, Rosario Basterrechea and Cristina Sanchez traveled in November 1934. As students in different centers, they learned about Roman society, established relationships, and in February 1935 they opened a university residence at 15 Bataglia Street. Perhaps you remembered in those months, the letter from Josefa Segovia on the first anniversary of the approval, January 1925, speaking of a Work: “with very broad horizons, with a simple exterior, without obstacles that would hinder its movements, with a very notable similarity with the lives of the first children of the church". (Josefa Segovia: Letters, Madrid, Iter, 1970, p. 2). Today, in Italy, people associated with the Teresian Association act and exercise different professions in Catania, Ferraro, Milan, Palermo, Perugia, Rome, Rossano and Vescovio.
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'What shall I do, Lord, to please you more? I give myself entirely to your adorable design, dispose of me, for I belong entirely to you, and do not forget my supplication: may your charity transform me, may I ablaze in it, and may it purify me. Give me the spirit of mortification and at the same time holy joy?' ‘He who lives united to Jesus Christ has in himself true joy.’ ‘Love is strong as death, and when that love is in God, it passes its limits and overflows to those who possess it. I will never turn my face away from the Lord!’ ‘Do you see how much God loves you? They say that God's love is like the flame of a fire, which cannot be hidden. Well then, the soul that is on fire with these heavenly loves can hardly hide them. How good God is who gives us everything we need!’ Victoria Díez
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Foundation in Rome. For the greatest identification with the Holy See, and therefore with the Church, which, if in all works is necessary, in ours it is indispensable, because it is of educated women, because of its organisation, because of the dangers, and because of the times and places where it is necessary to act. The facilities for everything that affects the religious order. Those offered by a stay in Rome for the studies of those who need to know the progress of culture in Italy. Those that will help us to get to know and enter into relations with the international feminine sector, with the leaders of Catholic Action, Leagues, etc. Others that our knowledge in Rome can bring us, in relation to other countries where the Association is present and, at present, with America. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [423] pp.1133
“I don't remember the date of my first communion but I doremember my decided vocation (...) My vocation had its littletests, at my parents' house (...) I dreamed of the Seminary andI spent my life making plans."
“We all have to cooperate. Here, there is not only one person and the others are just mere spectators, but each one has his place, his duty, his responsibility.”
His courage and audacity prompted him to explore new scenarios for the mission, to break with what was conventional and established in his time. With great inner strength he faced, without destroying himself, problems and difficulties. With the audacity learned in the school of Jesus, he made it possible for the Association to be born, at the time, in Covadonga. Upon arriving in Madrid, he continued to put into play this bold spirit from the confidence and strength of “believe together.” He knew from experience that one can not hope alone, but in the community of faith, which is the Church. He lived the last years of his life in a violent and terrifying, turbulent and restless historical moment. Time and place where, through attentive listening to the Spirit, he saw the Association mature, the fruit of his work, especially with the young people who surrounded him, and found the necessary environment that sustained him along the way. Poveda heard the Word and wanted with his life and death to know how to spread it. He never abdicated his dream, that is why, over time, that dream became something tangible, alive, valuable and palpitating: the Teresian Association.
First of all, I will mention two things that have a bearing on the present-day Teresian work. The first is that the image of Saint Teresa was the first one I placed in the little church in the caves. [...]The second is that all that series of persecutions, sorrows and bitterness did not make me lose my vocation to this kind of apostolate.Pedro Poveda Escritos Espirituales, Guadix, p. 754.
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“There I was God's instrument for many good things; but instrument and nothing more.” Pedro PovedaEscritos Espirituales, “Guadix”, p. 754.
He spent a lot of time praying, listening, questioning, absorbing and studying. His constant attention to the present led him to consider the great questions of the culture of his time, which meant questioning the existing conflict between culture and faith, thus beginning to give shape to the essential dimension of the Charism of the Teresian Association: the dialogue between faith and culture.
What is the Institution to do then? Give infinite thanks to God, then go to Rome to give thanks, to ask for mercy and strength, to ask for the Association, for those who direct it, for the prelates, for the rulers, for the enemies. Ask for the conversion of all, and as you ask of the one who can give infinitely, ask generously, for God is more generous in giving than you are in asking. The Association is going to purify itself, to ask forgiveness, to do penance, to settle its accounts. Just as everyone has their faults, societies have theirs. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [424]pp. 1134
"When all the acts we do are sealed with the love of God, then we live in the constant presence of God and therefore our life is prayer.”
"Before the image of La Santina, the development of the Work was prayed, projected, seen, so to speak (...)"
“Before the image of La Santina, the development of the Work was prayed, projected, seen, so to speak (...)In short, seven years of intense life in that blessed place give a lot, and everything they gave was around the ideal of my life, which emerged and crystallized looking at La Santina." “Covadonga is something singular, unique for the Association, and for me something more singular and unique. The Holy Cave will always be the true cradle of our beloved Work." Obras I. CpH. [295] Covadonga en el origen de la Institución,p. 822.
Camino hacia la Mina del Rincón
La subida es ardua, por camino pedregoso. Varios de los hombres de la patrulla comentaron que Victoria había perdido un tacón y tuvo que andar parte del camino descalza. No era terquedad lo que mantenía firme la voluntad de Victoria. No era solo que son lo que la hacía confesar que no podía traicionar su convicción más profunda. Era la misteriosa fuerza que sostiene la debilidad. Era la fortaleza que ella había admirado tanto en los mártires y que ahora reconocían su propio corazón. Hubo un momento en que pensaron que quizás, al fin, iba a ceder. Levantó los brazos. Atónitos, la oyeron exclamar no el grito esperado sino el que brotaba de su fe: “Viva Cristo Rey y viva a mi madre”. Y mostraba en su mano apretada la pequeña imagen desgastada de la Virgen que la acompañó hasta allí. Un segundo después dos disparos - a la cabeza y al estómago- convirtieron por fin todo en rojo de fuego, sangre y luz.
Hacia las dos de la mañana del día 12 de agosto, los detenidos, con unos cuarenta milicianos, fueron esposados de dos en dos y conducidos hacia la salida del pueblo. Según contaron los testigos, salieron por la puerta posterior de la casa de don Paco, por un callejón que estaba en arenado para evitar el ruido de las pisadas en las calles empedradas de Hornachuelos. Los relatos del camino desde la casa de don Paco en el centro de Hornachuelos hasta la mina del Rincón - que distaba unos doce kilómetros por caminos de serranía- en medio de la noche, coinciden en muchos detalles. La historia se reconstruyó a partir de conversaciones entrecortadas que escucharon en el quiosco de Angelita y en la habitación contigua a la herrería. Comentaban como, camino de la mina, daba ánimos a sus compañeros, como les decía: “Ánimo, daos prisa, nos espera el premio, veo el cielo abierto”.
“Could it be possible, I wondered, that all these turns of events are necessary to produce such a remarkably good work? What fidelity from Don Plácido! That is what it means to have faith in an idea and love for it. God bless the protagonist!.” Pedro Poveda(Obras II. Ensayos y proyectos pedagógicos, [18] 1911) p. 242.
What would have been good news for someone else, for me, at that time, was the greatest joy they could have given me. I dreamed of the seminary. And I spent my life making plans. In October 1889 I entered the seminary in Jaén.Pedro Poveda We all have a star... it is the star of our vocation. ... It is the one who awakened our love for Jesus Christ, who impelled us towards virtue, who guided us through the thousand difficulties we encountered on our way; but above all it is the blessed ‘magnet’ with which Jesus Christ drew us to him. Vocation brings us and leads us, moves us..., but always in pursuit of Jesus as the ‘magnet’ and the north and beacon of our life. Josefa Segovia Cartas, La vocación (35. pag 124-126)
‘Up to now I have not been able to realise my desires, because I have not found an association that fulfilled my vocation, but Divine Providence has brought me... and every day I thank God more and more for having brought me into contact with an association that fulfils my ideals. Since I came to know the aims it pursues, I cannot but love it. And I believe that only by belonging to it will I be able to find happiness. How good God is to give us the measure of our desires!’ ’Science? Do not be alarmed at the word... you know that Saint Teresa, the mystic doctor, being a woman ‘without letters’, was considered the first female luminary in the science of the spirit, incomparable master of the highest prayer... She recommends and urges her daughters to base their piety on the study of the Sacred Scriptures, because a spirit that is not based on piety will produce foolish devotions, and ‘God save my daughters from these,’ she says with great grace. ‘We must live by realities, and if that reality is hard, if it is rough, let us perfume it with sacrifice, which is of more substance than dreaming. And if we ever dream, let it be of that which has no end, of that which is capable of filling our hearts completely, because one day, perhaps not so far away, we are certain of reaching the consummation of that ideal’. Victoria Díez
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‘We propose that this residence for university women should be a true house of formation, precisely for young women who are to become tomorrow directors of works, professors of higher institutions, and always persons who are distinguished for their science and virtue. It is not easy to measure or appreciate the importance of the work that you are to do in this house; because the destiny of the educated woman and her influence on modern society is at present something as great as it is vague’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [361]pp. 1000
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...My decision to leave was made after much thought and with an eye to the good of others and myself... when they saw that I was leaving... the uncharitable outburst sounded... I learned a lot during those days of unparalleled bitterness... Not a single peaceful day... it would be a sad story to tell of that time. I celebrated in the Luises until I left.... I cannot, without being untruthful, believe that in Guadix I did a lot of good... the sincere explanation that I give myself, there I was God's instrument for many good things...Pedro Poveda Autobiographical notes, 1915 (spanish)
'We do not understand anything that is of more use to the Lord than that we do not presume to go out with it, with his favour‘ (The Way of Perfection, 26.6). This should be the programme of the daughters of St. Teresa and this is the programme demanded by the present times and the needs of today's society. The Saint adds: ‘this presumption - that which is founded on God - I would like to see in this house which always makes humility grow; to have a holy boldness, that God helps the strong and is not an acceptor of persons’ (Way of Perfection, 26.6). [...] Do not be afraid, however many and however lofty they may be, for if they are from God, you will succeed with them, however great your weaknesses may be. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [298]pp. 845-846
‘As holy as they are, as self-sacrificing, as detached from everything earthly, as zealous for the glory of God, as devoted to proselytizing, as much a part of the Church. [...] The supernatural life must be intensified more and more each day. [...] Holiness more than ever; solid virtues at the cost of life’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [432]pp. 1148-1149
"The spirit brought us together, the spirit unites us, the spirit urges us on, the spirit comforts and encourages us, the spirit promises us the reward."
Who are the ones who make the revolution, who made it in Spain? The students, the young people, who are the ones who react? Who are the most courageous, intrepid, reckless, daring, risk-takers? The young people. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [409] pp.1091.
I naively confess that when I went up to the caves of Guadix with a group of my seminarians, I thought of nothing else but a catechesis; that from our visits to the hermitage of the Our Lady of Grace, titular of that sacred enclosure, half cave, half chapel, the plan of the schools emerged and that my vocation to this kind of apostolate had its origin there.Pedro Poveda1934. Vocations and Our Lady of Grace.Obras I. CpH [446] p.1159)
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“Why do I attach so much importance to vocation? Because without it you will not be able to take a step in your endeavour. [...] What shone, shines and will always shine in these endeavours is vocation. Give me a vocation and I will give you back a school, a method and a pedagogy. [...] Vocation, vocation and vocation, that's all it takes.” Pedro PovedaObras I. CpH [55] 1911. pp. 242-243.
I don't know how to emphasize to you the need, I would rather say that the Work feels, of your help; because if you reflect a little, you will realize the present deficiencies, how much it is convenient to correct, how easily you can cooperate with this Work... Pedro Poveda CpH 85, p.342
‘In our programme, after faith, or rather with faith, we put science. [...] Just as I told you the other day to be women of great faith, of living faith, of heartfelt faith, and never say no more faith, so I say to you today, desire science, seek science, acquire science, work to achieve it, and never tire of it, never say no more science. Too much science leads to God, too little separates us from Him’. Pedro Poveda Obras I. CpH [326]pp. 891
“We have a lot of faith, a lot of hope and we don't stop dreaming and we even realise some dreams, trusting in Providence.” Pedro PovedaObras II. Ensayos y Proyectos Pedagógicos [6] p.45
“There I was God's instrument for many good things; but instrument and nothing more.”
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“This is my constant concern, and this is where all my advice is directed: that Christ be formed in you, that you represent Christ, that you be, in short, true Christians, for the imitation of Christ is, according to St. Basil, the definition of Christianity. May the life of Jesus be manifested in you, “for all who have been baptized into Christ must be clothed with Christ”. This is the formation that we desire for you, this is true Teresianism, this is the realization of the ideal that we pursue; and until you put all your efforts into studying, knowing, loving and imitating Christ, you will not have begun your formation; and as long as you do not progress in this exercise, you will not advance in the path of your formation, which will be greater and more perfect the more and better you imitate the divine Model.” Pedro PovedaCpH 112, p.432