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| The Legion of Christ arrives to Spain in 1946, when its religious came to be formed at the Comillas University, Santander. |
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The Legion of Christ arrived to Spain in 1946 to
form its religious in the University of Comillas in Santander.
With the passage of time, that first step into Spain
has expanded into three formation centers for Legionary religious, a
university (Francisco de Vitoria University) in Madrid, and schools in
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Seville. The Movement’s apostolates also include
various youth clubs and Regnum Christi centers in some
of the country’s main cities.
A young priest and
32 Mexican teenagers arrived to Comillas (Santander) on September 28
of 1946. They were the first members of a new
congregation that brought a handful of novices (the older boys)
and apostolic boys (minor seminarians) to Spain to be formed
at the prestigious Pontifical University of Comillas. The goal was
to pursue a solid intellectual formation that would prepare them
for the challenges that the Church would face in the
years to come. This choice held two advantages: in Europe,
they would be closer to Rome and to the Holy
Father; and in Spain, the boys would have no trouble
understanding the language.
The Legionaries of Christ
studied in Comillas until the end of the 1950s. Those
four years marked a stage of maturation and growth for
the young congregation. From 1950 onward, with the foundation of
the house in Rome, only the apostolic stayed in Spain,
first in Cobreces and then in Ontaneda (a province of
Santander) from October of 1952 onward. The new house in
Ontaneda had been an old spa hotel known for its
thermal springs. After renting for a while, the young congregation
bought the property in 1954. It became their first property
in Spain.
In 1958, the Legion of Christ
opened its second house in Spain: the novitiate and center
for humanistic studies of Salamanca. In February of 1965, Father
Alfredo Torres, LC arrived to Madrid to start the apostolates
of the Legion in Spain and to form the first
Regnum Christi groups. From then on, the Legion of Christ
and Regnum Christi have grown and taken root in this
country, dedicating themselves particularly –but not exclusively—to education. They direct
two schools in Barcelona: the Santa Isabel School and the
Highlands School. They also direct three schools in Madrid: Everest,
Highlands, and Virgen del Bosque (Our Lady of the Woods).
There is another Highlands School in Seville, and a Cumbres
School in Valencia. They also have a university in Madrid,
Francisco de Vitoria University.
For more information, contact
us:
Address:
Legionarios de Cristo
c/ Camarines 12
28023 Madrid
lcrc-spain@legionaries.org
EDUCATIONAL CENTERS:
APOSTOLIC WORKS:
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