The Teresian Association celebrates the memory of Saint Pedro Poveda 2025 with several events, both online and in person, which will take place from Saturday 26 to Monday 28 July. On this feast day 2025, the TA invites us to focus on peace and dialogue, at a time of global conflict and war.
Pedro Poveda was martyred for his faith after seeking peace and harmony through words and actions in turbulent times. Today, the world is full of wars, contempt for human life and the rights of peoples, and violence in its various forms. This demands a commitment to peace and dialogue in the face of armament and warmongering, as Pope Francis and Leo XIV have asked. This commitment requires respect for life in all its forms, including care for Creation.
This call to sow an ‘unarmed and disarming’ peace, as Pope Leo said, the fruit of dialogue and mutual respect, is at the heart of the celebration that the TA wishes to offer in memory of Saint Pedro Poveda this year.
Three days and various events
The programme begins on Saturday 26 with a broadcast, which can be viewed on YouTube, in which Rosario González, CSIC researcher and ACIT member, presents a motivation for peace and care for Creation through art.
Sunday 27, is a time for personal reflection and group conversation on meekness, a virtue that leads to peace and which Poveda cultivated and asked of TA members. The fruits of this moment lived at local level, will be collected on an ‘interactive wall’ (Padlet). A guide for this reflection has been prepared in several languages and can be downloaded here.
This same Sunday 27, at 10pm, Madrid time, from Santa María de los Negrales, a vigil of prayer will be broadcast from the crypt. The last moments of Pedro Poveda's life will be recounted.
Finally, on Monday 28, in Santa María de los Negrales, the focus will be on the words celebration and commitment. At 6pm, there will be a presentation of two TA initiatives related to young people, peace and ecology. This will be followed by the celebration of the Eucharist at 7pm in Madrid.
The events on 28 July in Santa María de los Negrales will not be broadcast. The information will be published on this website.
TA Info.
Original Spanish, translated with the help of AI tools.
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