4

1954

Magdalena Aulina writes to Pope Pius XII, gravely ill. She makes an unconditional offering on behalf of the Holy Father’s life.

5

1939

Monsignor Àngel Sauquer, parish priest of Banyoles, dies. On the same day, Don Francisco Sala of the “Casa Misión” is appointed administrator of the Parish of Porqueres. He convenes a meeting and excludes the “Casa Nostra” group from all apostolic activity. Cf. 10 March 1939.

6

1939

Magdalena Aulina receives the visit and offers of support from the new Civil Governor of Girona. Cf. 11 March 1939.

7

1956

Letter from the then Archbishop of Milan, Mons. Montini — later Pope Paul VI — confirming the news of the appointment of the Apostolic Visitor, Fr. Agatangelo de Langasco, Capuchin.

7

1939

Mr. Francisco Sala takes charge of the parish of Banyoles.

7

1930

Conference by Magdalena Aulina, at the indication of her spiritual director, in Barcelona, at the Casal of Doña Dorotea de Chopitea, on Gran Via. The topic was the sudden healing she had received through the intercession of Gemma Galgani, after a long illness during which doctors had given her no hope. Cf. 3 April 1923.

10

1939

Magdalena Aulina offers herself to the Bishop of Girona. Cf. 27 February 1939. The Bishop does not want Magdalena Aulina to take part in Church activities, and the Church of the Holy Family, already prepared for worship, is rented to the National Wheat Service and turned into a warehouse — something incomprehensible to the residents of the neighborhood. Cf. 15 March 1939.

11

1939

The Civil Governor writes a letter to the Bishop, Mons. Cartañá, expressing his support for the Work. Cf. 6 March 1939.

12

1878

Saint Gemma Galgani is born in Camigliano (Lucca).

14

2017

The Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) grants the diploma and the medal of the “Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” to M.ª Jesús Pellejero and Gemma Turón for their long service to the CEE.

15

1952

Medina del Campo. Foundation in the Diocese of Valladolid. It was closed in 1989.

15

1939

Decree of the Prelate of Girona requiring Magdalena Aulina, under oath, to confess her errors. Faced with the impossibility of accepting the written statement, Magdalena presented a signed document as a profession of faith and as an explanation of circumstances and activities. Cf. 3 July 1939.

20

1920

Magdalena Aulina, Guardian of the Holy Family Home Visit.

25

1996

Rome, opening of a house, the ‘Angelus’ apartment, as an extension of the flat on Via della Conciliazione.

25

1959

Decree of the Prelate of Girona, Dr. Cartañá, canonically erecting the Institute in his Diocese.

25

1956

Rome. Proceedings begin with Father Agatángelo de Langasco, the new Apostolic Visitor, for the review of the Decree of the Holy Office.

25

1933

Banyoles. The nunc dimittis of Magdalena Aulina. First Promotion. Consecration to the Lord of the first three Operarias, in the Church of the Parish Center of the Holy Family.

26

2017

Conclusion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Casa Nostra School of Banyoles, marked by a solemn Mass in the gardens of the monument to Magdalena Aulina. The celebration concluded with the burial, in the gardens before Saint Gemma, of the “time capsule.”

26

1963

Barcelona. Solemn celebration of the approval of the Work as a Secular Institute.

26

1944

San Adrián. The Municipal Corporation grants Magdalena Aulina, in perpetuity, a plot of land on which to build a house for the religious and cultural work of the Institute for the benefit of the local population.

27

1934

The new Prelate, His Most Reverend Excellency Dr. José Cartañá Inglés, enters the Diocese of Girona.

29

1956

Rome. Holy Thursday, first meeting of Father Agatangelo with Magdalena Aulina in our house. Excellent impression. Great hopes, which were fulfilled.