On December 6, the centenary of the birth of Fernando Rielo Pardal, founder of the Idente missionaries, began. It is the date of his transit that took place in New York on that date in 2004, since his birth into his life occurred on August 28, 1923.
The idente community of Seville begins this centenary with a mass officiated by the archbishop emeritus, Monsignor Juan José Asenjoin the Cathedral, specifically, in the chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Reyes, with entrance through the Puerta de Palos, on Saturday, December 10 at a quarter to seven in the afternoon.
The second act will take place on December 15 at seven in the afternoon and will be presided over by the Archbishop of Seville, Monsignor José Ángel Saiz Meneses, in the Athenaeum of the capital. ‘In the heart of the Father’ will be presented, one of the works by Fernando Rielo, and will include the participation of Philip Guerraformer mayor of the Brotherhood of the Negritos; Susana Herrerapresenter and editor of the program ‘Testigos hoy’ on Canal Sur television; Ascension Escamilla, director of the Fernando Rielo Foundation; Y Joseph Louis Pastorconservatory professor and international soloist, specialist in the medieval plucked string who will put music to Rielo’s poems that will be recited at the event.
As explained Isabella Orellana, an idente religious, “through the experiences that Rielo shares, this work of spirituality reveals her filial consciousness, a distinctive feature of her life, and she dedicates the first part of the book to it, while in the second part she includes her mystical experiences with the Divine Persons which he exposes with all simplicity and naturalness because the dialogue with them, although it might be surprising for many, was the ordinary thing in his existence”. In addition, she continues, in this work “the voice of a founder who addresses her spiritual children is appreciated, always encouraging them to make that filial relationship their own.” Likewise, in the presentation of the text it is stated: “It is a complete revelation of the living experience of a Christian and an apostle of our days. It is to open all the secret of his life in a form of confessions. The content covers both theology, spirituality and mysticism. It is about an experimental mysticism that is rooted in the Gospels, especially that of Saint John, in the letters of Saint Paul and in the Apocalypse”.
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About Fernando Rielo
In addition to being the founder of the Idente missionaries, he was a thinker, philosopher, metaphysician, theologian, writer and poet. He is the promoter of the Fernando Rielo World Prize for Mystical Poetry, the Fernando Rielo International Prize for Sacred Music and the Estanislao Polonus Prize. He created the Fernando Rielo Foundation. He also promoted the Fernando Rielo Health Association, established in Rome for dedication, in collaboration with Caritas International, to the medical and civil assistance of immigrants and the Fernando Rielo Higher School of Biomedical Sciences for postgraduates in the field of medical practice and research, among other foundations such as the Idente Youth and the Idente Family.
First centenary of the birth of Fernando Rielo, founder of the Idente missionaries