BL. GAIETA CLAUSELLAS BALLVE, PRIEST AND MARTYR

BL. GAIETA CLAUSELLAS BALLVE, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 14 AUGUST

BLESSED GAIETA CLAUSELLAS BALLVE, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Fr Gaieta Clausellas (Gaietà Clausellas i Ballvé) was born on August 29, 1863 in Sabadell; he was killed in odium fidei during the Spanish Civil War.

From a young age, he showed a vocation marked by service to the community and love for the most disadvantaged. Ordained a priest in 1888, he carried out his pastoral work in various locations until, in 1916, he was appointed chaplain of the shelter run by the Little Sisters of the Elderly Forsaken in Sabadell. His dedication to the sick and poor of Sabadell made him a figure of deep esteem in the community.

On August 14, 1936, Fr Gaieta was murdered in Sabadell, achieving martyrdom for his faith. In his memory, a monolith commemorates the place where he gave his life, and since 1957, his remains rested in the chapel of Our Lady of Montserrat in the church of San Felix in Sabadell.

Fr Gaieta Clausellas was beatified on November 23, 2024, in the basilica of the Sagrada Familia.

Cardinal Omella presided over the celebration.

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Gaieta confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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