Saint Alberto Hurtado

Hello Everyone!

Today, I would like to talk about one of the Greatest Chilean of all the times.  He is Alberto Hurtado. His complete name is Luis Alberto Miguel Hurtado Cruchaga. He was born in Viña del Mar on January 22, 1901. He belonged to an aristocratic family of Basque origin.

He studied laws in Universidad Católica, and he graduated in 1923. This same year, he entered to the Jesuit Novitiate. In 1933, he was ordained priest.

The objective of his job was to bring the Church to the younger and poor people. His preoccupation for the poor people generated the creation of Hogar de Cristo, in 1944. It is a benefic foundation that is worry of the people who live in street situation. Nowadays, it is one of the most important benefic foundations in Chile, because Hogar de Cristo also help to elderly, people addicted to drugs and terminally ills.

Padre Hurtado, was very recognized for his green pickup truck, because in this vehicle, he rescued a lot of child and poor from the bank on Mapocho River. Nowadays, the green pickup truck is a great symbol of his work.

Alberto Hutado died in Santiago, on August 18, 1952, because of a pancreatic cancer. After his death, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II, on October 16, 1994, after to recognized him, the miracle of María Cabezas that was cured of a cerebral tumor.

 On October 23, 2005, he was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI, in a big Mass in Saint Peter Square. He is the second Chilean Saint, after Saint Teresa de los Andes.

If I could to say anything to Padre Hurtado, I would like to show how his work is very important nowadays in Chile.

It’s all for today!

Bye!

A birthday gift

Hello Hello!

I was of birthday last October 7th. It was a rainy day. My friends said me that they would do a celebration to me, but I never thought that this would become in one of the best gifts that have given me in the recent time.

My friends Claudia, Consu, Doris and Cata Lindis, organized a big birthday party, with balloons, confetti, a great piñata with a lot of candies, a lot of food, like sandwiches and snacks, beers and gaseous, and Karaoke. Also, they made a beautiful cake with their own hands, with a lot of sweet and delicious ingredients. It was really amazing.

I liked this party, because my friends strove a lot, and I felt very happy. In this short time that I’ve lived and shared with them, I think that we’ve made a big friendship. I think that this party was really awesome.

Also, Cata Lindis gave me a figurine with the shape of a parrot. It is so cute. In the party, we compete in a Karaoke challenge, and of course, I was the best. However, my friends sang very well too.

I think that the best of the party was share with my friends, and had a lot of time to laugh and be happy all together.

I will remember this gift forever...

How language transformed humanity

Hello everyone!

Mark Pagel, in his video called “How language transformed humanity”, says important and interesting things about develop of the language across the History. 

I think that the thought of Mr. Pagel about the language is a piece of social technology for enhancing the benefits of cooperation it’s true, because the language is an important mainstay in the relationship of the humans. I think that the cooperation is essential for all the areas of the life, because it allow new ways of interactions with the environment, and also, allow the development of most advanced societies, with ways of life more complexes.

I think that the future of the language is like Mr. Pagel said: our destiny is to be one world with one language. I think that the idea have good and bad consequences. It’s good, because the existence of an only language allow a most quickly and easy communication with all the people. But I think that with only one language, would be a cultural loss. The language is an important quality of a culture, which with the standardization of the languages, would lose.

It is my opinion about this interesting and relevant topic.

Have a good time! Bye!