The U.S.P.S. issued a stamp carrying Fr. Felix Varela's image. President Carter endorsed a freedom movement named after him. The Pope honored him in Cuba. Juan Navia's biography is the story of a man so passionate in his defense of freedom and service to others that he was twice the target of assassins. One of the great spiritual figures of the 19th Century, Fr. Varela may soon be declared a saint. Full bibliography and index.
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In 1985, the Vatican officially recognized that Father Felix Varela had the accomplishments and stature of a very holy person, and began the process of cannonization that leads to declaration of sainthood.
Father Varela is well known in Cuba, but in the United States, where he spent most of his adult life and served the downtrodden humbly and diligently, his name is hardly known.
"The reason I wrote this book in English rather than Spanish is to reach all those Americans who, if they knew what he had done, would love him," says biographer Juan M. Navia. Father Varela, exiled from Spain and Cuba as a young priest, arrived in New York City in 1823. There he befriended the city's many immigrants, especially the Irish, speaking, writing, and publishing on their behalf and establishing the Church of the Transfiguration for their spiritual nuturance.
Father Varela surrendered his life completely to the service of others, and serves as a role model for people of all ages. This is the only book in print in the English language to tell his story.
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Juan M. Navia is a native Cuban, born in Havana in 1927. He received bachelors and masters degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then returned to Cuba, where he taught at the Universidad Santo Tomas de Villanueva, a Catholic University in Havana. In 1959, Fidel Castro took over the school, closed its doors, and persecuted many of the students and faculty. Navia and his family fled Cuba, leaving all material possessions behind.
In the U.S., Navia earned a Ph.D.degree in 1965 and became an associate professor at M.I.T. Later he accepted a faculty position at the University of Alabama. It was after his retirement that Navia enrolled at Springhill College, Mobile, AL, to earn a masters degree in theology. While searching for a subject for his thesis, Navia began studying the life of Father Varela.
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A Beautiful book by Juan M. Navia, I was able to obtain this book from a nice gentleman at Cuba Nostalgia, I am forever grateful I did, since the book is an Excellent Book on Father Felix Varela. A Patriot and wonderful person. Not only for Fellow Cubans and Catholics but Protestants and Immigrants. A Must read for anyone,Cuban,Catholic,or Protestant.
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Father Varela, New York, United States, Bishop Espada, Spanish Cortes, Transfiguration Church, North America, Bishop Hughes, Ediciones Universal, Seminario San Carlos, Pope Pius, The Catholic Observer, Las Casas, Maza Miquel, Roman Catholics, Catholic Temperance Association, King Charles, Roman Church, Hernandez Travieso, John Power, New England, Oxford University Press, Truth Teller, Vincent de Paul, American Bible Society New!
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- American Catholic Experience: Theology by Jay P. Dolan on page 14, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism by Richard P. McBrien on page 69, page 181, and Back Matter
- Five Points: The 19th-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum by Tyler Anbinder on page 84, and Back Matter
- The Lessons of History by Will Durant on page 9, and Back Matter
- The Penguin History of Latin America by Edwin Williamson on page 42, and Back Matter
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