Sodalist Canonized

Saint Alberto Hurtado, S.J. is one of the most recent Sodalists to be Canonized.  Born in Chile in 1901, he studied at the Jesuit College of San Ignacio in Santiago and qualified as a lawyer before entering the Jesuit Noviciate in 1923.  He pursued studies in Spain, Belgium and Ireland and was ordained to the Priesthood in 1933.

He returned to Chile in 1936 where he was appointed professor of Religion at the Colegio San Ignacio and professor of pedagogy at the Catholic University of Santiago.  During this time he was appointed Director of the Student Sodality and began a life-long apostolate to the poor.

In 1941, he published a notable work entitled Is Chile a Catholic Country? Also during this time he established shelters called Hogar de Cristo (Hearth of Christ), which took in all children in need of food and shelter, assisting an estimated 850,000 between 1945 and 1951.  He died in 1952.

He was beatified in 1994 and was canonized in 2005.  His feast day is 18th August.

 
 
 
 

Sodality Publications

Saint Joseph's Workshop, the Catholic Literature Guild of the the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Patrick, makes some of its publications available through lulu.com, which you can access here.

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Sodality Exercises

The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Patrick meets on the first Wednesday of each month after 11 a.m. Mass in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.

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Night Adoration of the Sacred Heart

The Sodality promotes the devotion of Night Adoration of the Sacred Heart. The devotion is an accompaniment to the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in homes. 

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Contact Details

Mrs. Elizabeth Mahon,
E. de M.,
President,
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Patrick,
c/o Church of St. Francis Xavier,
Upper Gardiner Street,
Dublin 1.
eamahon@gmail.com

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