Bicentenary

15 November 1833                                                        


Francisco Palau pronounced his solemn vows on 15 November 1833, when Spain suspected a tragic outcome of events and when the religious orders lived days of persecution and suffering.

The novice of Aytona was so aware of the act he did and of its consequences which he had to embrace certainly, as a result of his offering. So fortunate were the words of Francisco Palau which make us see his feelings at the most important moment of his life:

"When I made my religious profession, the revolution already had in hand the firebrand for burning all the religious establishments… I was not ignorant of the pressing peril to which I exposed myself nor of the rules of foresight that would have saved me from it. Nevertheless, I dedicated myself by solemn vows to a state whose rules I believed I could practice until death, independently of all human events.” (Positio, p.45 - 46).