It was the middle of the XIX century. In Portugal, as in a Europe all in process of industrialization, multitudes impoverished became cheap labor hands, exploited and sacrificed by the rich and powerful. Constantly, the number of the socially challenged increased, victims of sickness and epidemics, alcohol, illiteracy, moral degradation… The merciful and providential glance of God sees the Portuguese people’s misery, and His spirit deposits seeds of the Evangel in chosen and consecrated hearts: Raimundo Maria Ferreira da Silva Beirão and Maria Clara do Menino Jesus

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