Redemptorists of Cuenca - by Antonio Quesada (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In an especially sad and difficult epoch of the history of Spain, far from the political disputes of the time, twenty-one Spanish Redemptorists died as victims of religious persecution. It was persecution unleashed in that country in the decade of the 1930s. These Redemptorists died simply for being religious, for being missionaries, for remaining firm in their faith and firm in their Christian vocation. A process of beatification is underway to recognize all of them as witnesses for the faith. For six of them, the Redemptorist martyrs of Cuenca, the process has been completed and, upon their being beatified on October 13, 2013, they have been presented to us as models of what Christian discipleship has come to mean in recent times. They are admirable witnesses of the faith. They have put on the line their very lives. They are Frs. Josâe Javier Gorosterratzu, Ciriaco Olarte, Miguel Goäni, Julian Pozo, and Pedro Romero, and Brother Victoriano Calvo. To read the story of their lives, stories that have been gathered together in this book with fidelity and affection is an exercise that will bring us to a particularly splendid moment in the history of the Redemptorists of Spain. It will, above all, help us to know men of robust faith, of joyful hope, of impressive missionary zeal, of admirable courage which radiated the Gospel out from the church of San Felipe de Neri in Cuenca"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>During the civil war in Spain in the 1930s, all churches were closed against worship. Many of the churches were burned. All altars, religious images and objects of worship were destroyed. Bells, chalices, monstrances, and candelabras were melted down and used for the war. All monasteries and convents were emptied and their buildings repurposed. Priests and religious were detailed, jailed or shot without due process in the thousands.</p><p><em>Redemptorists of Cuenca: Six Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War</em> is a stirring biographical account of the Redemptorist community at San Felipe Neri in the city of Cuenca, Spain. It details the community's founding, the lead-up of the civil war in the early 1930s, the turbulent last days of the Redemptorists in hiding or in jail, to the deaths of six of the twelve members of their community in July and August 1936.</p><p>The poignant stories of the six martyrs are brought to life by quotes from their personal journals. The book concludes with the story of their recognition as martyrs and subsequent beatification on October 13, 2013.</p>
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