The Father Founder - St. Anthony Mary Claret Knows his work before he became the Founder of the Claretian Missionaries as well as when he became Saint.

2. Sequence
 Opening Prayer
 Introduction of the chapter
 Short video clip
 Short information of Claret
 Main topic
 Canonization of Claret
 Thank you dance

3. Chapter 2
Their Father Founder
“Everything I do or suffer in my ministry will
be done for her; she has planted the tree, the
fruit belongs to her”
Fr. Antonio Claret

5. Born: December 23, 1807
Father: Juan Claret
Mother: Josefa Clara
Birth Place: Village of Sallent,
Catalonia in Spain
Fifth of eleven Children in the
family

6. July 16, 1849
Five young priests,
aged 27 to 32,
assembled in a
room in the
Seminary of Vic, a
city north of
Barcelona, Spain.
They agreed to form a new
missionary group – a hope nurtured
for years by the oldest.

7. Who are these 5 young Priests?
Rev. Fr. Dominic Fabregas, CMF
Rev. Fr. Manuel Vilaro, CMF
Rev. Fr. Stephen Sala, CMF
Rev. Fr. Jaime Clotet, CMF
Rev. Fr. Joseph Xifre, CMF

8. Article of the Constitution
1st Article
“The Congregation shall be named the Congregation of the
Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it
shall have her as its Patroness”
2nd Article
“Its aim is to seek in all things the glory of God, the
sanctification of its members, and the salvation of souls
throughout the world…”

9. For a month after, Fr.
Claret was called by the
Bishop and told that
Pope Pius IX on the
endorsement of the
reigning Queen of
Spain, Isabella II, has
just appointed Claret
Archbishop of Santiago,
in Cuba, then a Colony
of Spain. Queen Isabella II
of Spain

10. October 6, 1850
Father Claret was consecrated Archbishop of Santiago,
15 years after he was ordained priest.
 He spent 6 years in Cuba. His Archdiocese consisted of one-half of
the island in Cuba. It took 18 months for him to visit all the places
by travelling on foot or horseback even the weather is not good.
He had more than doubled the number of parishes, reestablished
the diocesan seminary.
 He also established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine on
July 9, 1851.
The Archbishop’s Activities

11. He gathered orphans and illegitimate children roaming the land
and gave them shelter, education and trade to follow.
He had plantation he acquired near Puerto Principe, now
Camaguey.
He constructed farm buildings, a library, laboratories and a
dormitory each for the boys and girls.
Through his activities, made many enemies. Their complaints were
that he had stamped out the institution of concubines and had given
religious instruction to Negro slaves.
There were many unsuccessful attempts on his life. On February
1856, a hired criminal succeeded to slash open the Archbishop’s face
and wrist.

12. Archbishop Claret was appointed as being the Holy
Confessor to the Queen’s Family. He hated the worldliness,
the intrigue and idleness of court life.
He was resided to away from the palace and need come only
to hear the queen’s confession or instruct her children.
Exemption from:
*Court functions *Ceremonies
*Freedom to preach *Visit hospitals
*Jails for his apostolic projects.

13. In returning from Cuba he sought and obtained
recognition for his own Congregation, both from Spanish
government and Holy See. From Rome he gained the right
congregation to celebrate then-reserved feast of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
His piety created for him enemies. In Spain, there were
fourteen unsuccessful attempts made upon his life by enemies
of the church, and those who just hated his Catholic piety.
The Attempts of Claret

14. In Madrid, a big crate looking like a case of books was
delivered to him. On open it, it contained the body of a dead man
with dagger through his heart accompanied by a note which said
“within a few days you will be like this corpse.”
In 1865 Archbishop Claret resigned from the Queen’s Court.
In 1868 there was another bloody revolution in Spain. The
Queen and her Household fled to France together with the
Archbishop and ministered to the royal family and Spanish
community in Paris.
Early 1869, he went on leave and proceeded to Rome. Where he
obtained more permanent recognition for his congregation. There, he
participated in the First Vatican Council.

15. Sickness Started
While in Rome, however, he was stricken with apoplexy.
Apoplexy – a sudden paralysis with partial or total loss of consciousness
and sensation, caused by breaking of a blood vessel in the brain.
Gravely ill, he was brought to Prades in French Catalonia where he
could be with the community of exiled Claretian and possibly improve his
health.
Arrestment of Claret in Spanish Authorities.
1. Being a revolutionary leader plotting a conspiracy against the Spanish
Government.
2. Meddling in biased politics.
3. Publishing and circulating scandalous and offensive books under the
guise of religious writings.

16. Notwithstanding his illness and deteriorating physical condition, he was
transferred to Frontfroide. A remote monastery of a French Cistercian
community where he died on October 24, 1870.
Pope Leo XII declared
him Venerable
In 1899 In 1934
Pope Pius XI pronounced
him Blessed

17. In May 7, 1950
Pope Pius XII canonized
Anthony Mary Claret as
Saint

18. For listening on my report in the
Claretian in the Philippines Chapter 2
entitled “Their Father Founder”