St. Alberto Hurtado -- St Peter Catholic Church, Charlotte NC
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N 35° 13.427 W 080° 50.826
17S E 513915 N 3897870
A rock sculpture features a quote from Jesuit father St. Alberto Hurtado at St Peter Catholic Church, Charlotte NC
Waymark Code: WMX3TV
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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This beautiful stone sculpture with a bronze representation of St. Alberto Hurtado and a quote of his stands in the meditation garden of St Peter Catholic Church, in downtown Charlotte NC.

The quote reads:

"I hold that every poor man, every vagrant, every beggar, is Christ carrying his cross."
St. Alberto Hurtado, SJ"

From the Ignatian Spirituality website: (visit link)

"St. Alberto Hurtado, SJ (1901-1952)

Alberto Hurtado, SJ, served the poor in Chile and founded the Hogar de Cristo for young people.

Born in Chile (of Basque origin) on January 22, 1901, Hurtado was only four when his father died. He grew up with financial difficulties, but a scholarship enabled him to attend a Jesuit school in Santiago. Later he studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Hurtado entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in 1923. After philosophy and theology studies in Spain and Belgium (because the Jesuits were expelled from Spain), he was ordained to the priesthood in 1933.

Hurtado was interested in labor law before entering the Society and long desired to improve the lot of the poor. Upon his return to Chile in 1936, he became a teacher at his alma mater, the Pontifical Catholic University, but also reached out to the poor, especially to the young.

In 1940 he began working for Catholic Action and in the following year became the national director of the youth organization. He also published Is Chile a Catholic Country?—a book which challenged some long-held conservative beliefs. It caused considerable controversy and even had some critics labeling him a “communist.”

Alberto Hurtado founded his own organization for poor and abandoned young people, Hogar de Cristo. The Hogar de Cristo shelters quickly spread throughout Chile and served thousands of needy youngsters.

Hurtado established the Trade Union Association of Chile and published three volumes on the labor movement. He also founded a periodical, Mensaje.

Rushed to the hospital with intense pain one day in 1952, Hurtado was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died soon afterwards. His death was national news.

Hurtado was beatified in 1994 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 23, 2005. He remains very popular in Chile to this day. His Facebook fan page has more than 50,000 followers."
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