1

1922

Consecration of Magdalena Aulina: “Plan of spiritual life.”

6

1962

His Holiness Pope John XXIII signs his autograph Apostolic Blessing, asking the Lord to assist us with chosen graces in our work at the service of the Church.

6

1962

Official decree of the Holy See approving the Work as a Secular Institute.

9

1962

The Archbishop of Valencia, Mons. Marcelino Olaechea, promulgates the Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Religious erecting the Pious Union as a Secular Institute.

13

1939

Instant healing of Magdalena Aulina. Thus it was possible for Mother herself, over the years, to prepare and witness the expansion and renewed vitality of her Work: taking it abroad.

15

1954

Rome. The apostolate begins in the oratory of a neighborhood belonging to the parish of “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini.”

21

1953

Ecquevilly. First foundation in France. Hospital for research and testing on cancer. It was closed in 1960.

21

1941

After an uninterrupted epistolary study, begun in April, between the Prelate of Girona and that of Pamplona, the latter drafts the points of the declaration that Mons. Cartañá requests from Magdalena Aulina, and which she signs. Cf. 23 December 1941.

21

1935

First aspirantate feast in the church of the Casal of Banyoles, in the presence of our Mother Magdalena Aulina.

23

1962

Letter from the Bishop of Girona, Dr. José Cartañá, addressed to the Archbishop of Valencia, Mons. Olaechea, and to the General Directress, Filomena Crous, congratulating them on the approval of the Work as a Secular Institute.

26

1972

Filomena Crous, elected president of the Spanish and Portuguese Conference of Secular Institutes (CEPDIS).

26

1933

Inauguration in Banyoles of the monument to St. Gemma Galgani. An extraordinary demonstration of support from friends of the Work of Magdalena Aulina.

28

1960

Decree of the Most Reverend Patriarch of Madrid-Alcalá, Dr. Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, canonically erecting the Institute in his Diocese.

29

1952

A letter is received from Mons. García Lahiguera requesting a list of the members of the Institute to be questioned.

30

1935

The Bishop of Girona opens an inquiry to determine whether the work of Magdalena Aulina requires ecclesiastical approval. He asks Magdalena for explanations, and she provides them in writing, emphasizing its lay character. Cf. 21 December 1935.