Alberto Hurtado


Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, S.J. , popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado , was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer of Basque origin, founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation. He was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his countrys second saint.

Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga was born in Via del Mar, Chile, onJanuary 1901 after the death of his father when Alberto was four years old, his mother had to sell, at a loss, their modest property in order to pay the familys debts. As a further consequence, Alberto and his brother had to go to live with relatives and were often moved from one family to another. From an early age, he experienced what it meant to be poor, and without a home.

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