MADRID, Spain.
A film titled “POVEDA,” on moments of the life of St. Pedro Poveda, is due for release in theaters in major cities in Spain on March 4. Negotiations have been started for release in other countries.
Based on a true story, the film has been made by movie Director Pablo Moreno and the screenplay written by him and Pedro Delgado. Raul Escudero plays the role of Pedro Poveda in the film and Elena Furiase is Josefa Segovia. They are accompanied by an outstanding cast.
The Teresian Association is pleased to share this news that will allow society to come closer to the life of St. Pedro Poveda Castroverde, his social and educational activity, as well as the beginnings of the Association he founded, in collaboration with a large group of young women who, with enthusiasm, gave it shape.
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The film tells the story of Pedro Poveda (Linares, 1874 - Madrid, 1936), a tenacious and innovative priest who opens paths in the field of education and in the defense of the rights of women in early twentieth century Spain. UNESCO recognized him in 1974 as "Educator and Humanist" and Pope John Paul II canonized him in 2003.
Poveda began his priestly work in the caves of Guadix (Granada) in 1901, a marginalized and forgotten reality at the time. There he sees the problem with education and responds to this situation by developing a broad social and educational movement. This arouses great appreciation and adhesion while, at the same time, it unleashes suspicion and envy in the well educated sectors of society and the clergy.
After a painful separation, he ends up in Covadonga, Asturias. With time to reflect and think, surrounded by green mountain landscapes, he becomes interested in the national educational situation and in 1911 he starts a new movement, driven by young women, which would give birth to the Teresian Association, with the desire to train well qualified Christian teachers.
His Work spreads out throughout Spain as they open Academies, Residences and Teaching Centers. In Jaen he meets Josefa Segovia, the first woman in the city to graduate in education and she would be the first President of the Teresian Association. Josefa will be a key pillar in the development of the Association, both in and out of Spain. Poveda moves to Madrid in 1921 where he combines various priestly duties with social and educational tasks. Pedro Poveda lives in the turbulent Spain of the thirties where social, educational and religious conflicts are exacerbated and even lead to a civil war. In this context Poveda, a man of peace and dialogue, will be a victim of violence and intolerance, leaving a trail of light and hope after his death on July 28, 1936, bearing witness to his faith.
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