Bicentenary

17 August 1863                                




Letter addressed to Juana Gratias.



Fr. Palau goes for the spiritual exercises in Vedrá and will be at her service upon his return.

Meanwhile pray very much for our affairs and I will do the same.

We now need to fix where to establish the first foundation, which is the most difficult. He tells his preference: The mother house has to be established in Barcelona because it is the centre of the whole Catalonia. He evokes a deep-rooted conviction: Reflecting on certain incidences of my vocation in the Order of St. Teresa, I believe that I am called to the Order for this work.