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Correspondence "1 would like lo collaborale in the bealilication 01 Gaudi wilh a unique project. Today I was in the crypt where Gaudí's remains lie and I asked him lor something. Just one thing. A simple thing and something that any simple man could have asked him lor: health at all levels - physical, emolional, mental, and spiritual My project is the publicalion 01 a relevant book - The HOly Medhi Bible" Juan Maria Llobera, Zaragoza 10.11.04. "1 heard the slory 01Ihe archilecl Anloni Gaudí on Radio Maria. I was in Barcelona in 1966 and loved Ihe Sagrada Familia. I would like lo have Ihe prayer lor Ihe bealilicalion. I would like lo return lo Barcelona". Silvana Vicenza, /taly 7.12.04. "Wilh much joy I wrile lo Ihank God and Holy Mary lor Ihe inlercession 01 Anloni Gaudí in Ihe archileclural sludies that my son has begun in Córdoba, Argenlina, asking lo be granled that his sludies go well". Sara de las Nieves, Córdoba, Argentina 12.7.05 "On Ihe 141h 01 lasl monlh I was in Barcelona wilh my husband and some Iriends. We went lo Ihe Sagrada Familia. There, kneeling belore Ihe tornb 01 ils crealor, Gaudí I asked Gaudí lo help my son-in-Iaw go back lo work.1 sel two condi- lions: that he go back lo work quickly and that he be laken back lo his old job. On Ihe 161h his lormer company called him back lo work. I have pledged a mass lo accelerale his bealilicalion.1 Ihink that Anloni Gaudí is a saint whose virtues deserve lo be recognized" Mercedes Izquierdo, Jaén. 19.9.05. "A year ago Barcelona suffered Ihe collision 01two Irains on one 01 ils subway lines. I was al Ihe mass in Ihe crypl and praying al Ihe tornb 01 Gaudí. I was concenlraled on Ihe brochure I was reading when Ihe tatal collision occurred. I was Ihrown Irom my seal and lay on Ihe 1I00r in Ihe aisle. My aches and pains didnt prevenl me lrom getting lo Martí Codolar. For me al my 69 years 01 age Ihis accidenl could have had serious consequences, but I didnt even get a black and blue mark. Ayear lrom this evenl I give Ihanks to Ihe Servant 01 God lar his protection. rm Chilean, and here we are enjoying now Ihe canonizalion 01 P. Hurtado. This is my leslimony which I give today in the hopes that everything go well lar Ihe beatilication 01 Gaudí". P. José Lino Yánez, sdb, Santiago de Chile, 27.10.05. "1 am a missionary lrom Guayaquil, and the ligure 01 Anloni Gaudí would be a greal example lo give lo our Equalorian Iriends. For Ihal reason I would like lo requesl that you send me material related lo his lile (brochures, relics, slamps)." M.auricio, Guayaquil 4.9.05 "!'m sending Ihese words lo show Ihe truth 01who is lar me SI. Anloni Gaudí and lo thus promole his bealilication. I had lo have my leeth lixed and, according lo Ihe dentist, il was a complicated job. I was Irighlened and so asked lor his inlercession. Everything wenl well. Even the dentist was surprised. I also asked Ihal my brolher be helped lor his pancrealic cancer. He worsened and I asked that, il he could not live Ihen that God would take him, and that is whal hap- pened. Lasl Salurday he passed away". Carmen, Barcelona 8.11.05. "1 recently wenl lo Barcelona on a Irip to see Ihe works 01 Ihe archilecl Anloni Gaudí. I was very impressed by his work but more deeply louched by his spiriluality and Ihe tact that he may one day be declared a sainl (il it's God's will). I work lar a small English Calholic book publishers The Calholic Trulh Society and l'rn Ihinking 01 preparing a small text on his lile". Luca Finaldi, London 15.11.05. "1 wanl lo Ihank Anloni Gaudí and his patron saint, Anloni Abad lar Iheir help. On Ihe 3rd 01 November when he was commissioned lo begin work on Ihe Sagrada Familia I won an importanl contest that enabled me lo improve my career". Paola, Milan. 2.12.05. "1 pray to Anloni Gaudí lo begin work on a new New Orleans wilh God's simple beauty and Ihe inspiralion ollhe Sagrada Família". M a del Carmen, New Orleans, Lousiana. USA 7.12.05. PRAYER OF PRIVATE DEVOnON God our Father, you instilled in your servant Antoni Gaudí, architect, a great love lor your Creation and a burning desire to imitate the childhood and passion mysteries 01your Son. Grant, by the power 01the Holy Spirit that I also may learn to dedicate myself to a well-.done work and glorify your servant Antoni, granting me, through his intercession !he lavar I request (here make your petition). Through Christ our Lord, Amen. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, gran! us peace and preserve !he lamily (three times). IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THIS BULLETIN contact: Associació pro Beatificació d" Antoni Gaudí, Apartado de Correos 24094, 08080 Barcelona, Spain. Donations for the cause can be sent to: La Caixa, Account # 2100 0810 29 0200674014. Thank you. GOD'S ~ARCHITECT - r--= ' , ,,",,/ "~ '1 DeCember 2005 num. 131 .t.· ..... , and re utation of saintliness of Antoni Ciaudí Association for the Beatification of Antoni Gaudí Apartado de Correos 24094 08080 Barcelona,SPAIN W e must acknowledge our one-year delay in publishing a new issue of the Bulletin. The last issue - number 12 - came out in November of 2004 and the present issue - number 13 - came out in December 2005. The Association for the Beatification of Antoni Gaudí has con- tinued meeting, however regularly every month on the premises of the Sagrada Família. In these pages, and following our custom, you can read, in the section on tes- timonies the words of prestigious persons who knew Gaudí in the years preceding the death of Gods Servant. Firstly, the poet Joan Maragall, who was an admirer of Gaudí's work and a Christian prophesier of the Tragic Week of 1909. This is an extract from the article "The Naissant Temple" published on December 20, 1900 in "El Diario de Barcelona". Secondly, the artist Joan Llimona who was educated in both engineering and architecture, and cofounder along with Dr. Torres i Bages of the Sant Lluc Artistic Circle, who wrote "Dlvine Manifestations" published in "La Veu de Catalunya" on November 20, 1906. Lastly, Joaquim Folch i Torras, museum specialist, historian and art critic, from the article "The Order", published in "La Veu de Catalunya" on March 31,1910. In the news section we've decided to present the Associations balance sheet from its beginnings so as to make public the generosity of those who help us in this cause. The proceeds come from the collection box located near Gaudl's tomb, from the sales from the Gaudí book collection, as well as from the money that is deposited to the bank account at the Caixa de Pensions. We would like to acknowledge our gratitude to all those who have made donations - from the smallest to the biggest - almost all of which are anony- mous. May God bless them. The next section is correspondence where we deal with the admiration for Gods Architect and the favors he has bestowed on those who pray to him. For the beatification and canonization it must not be forgotten that Church Law stipulates that prodigious
