George Preca

thumb|Statue of St George Preca George Franco Preca, T.OCarm (12 February 1880 – 26 July 1962) was a Maltese Catholic priest, the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine and a Third Order Carmelite. Quotes Magister utinam sequatur Evangelium universus mundus! [acrostic for MUSEUM, a society he founded] Divine Master, may the whole world follow the Gospel. Quoted in Giorgio Preca, causesanti.va, 9 May 2001. Lord God, how obliged I am to you! Thank you, Lord God, and forgive me, Lord God! Quoted in Pope Benedict XVI, Cappella papale per la canonizzazione dei beati: Giorgio Preca, Szymon di Lipnica, Karel van Sint Andries Houben, Marie Eugénie de Jésus Milleret, vatican.va, 3 June 2007. Quotes about Since his death in 1962, shortly before the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Blessed Giorgio Preca has enjoyed a reputation for sanctity in Malta and wherever the Maltese have settled. Don Giorgio was a pioneer in the field of catechesis and in promoting the role of the laity in the apostolate, which the Council later emphasized in particular. Therefore he became like a second father of Malta in the faith. With humility and gentleness, and using to the full the talents of mind and heart that God had given him, Don George adopted St. Paul's words to Timothy: "The things you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, pass them on to trusted people, who are able to teach others in turn" (2 Tim 2:2). Pope John Paul II, Holy Mass for the Beatificazione of The Servante of God, Floriana, 9 May 2001. A friend of Jesus and witness of the holiness that comes from Him was George Preca, born in Valletta on the island of Malta. He was a priest devoted entirely to evangelization: with preaching, with writings, with spiritual guidance and administration of the Sacraments and first of all with the example of his life. The expression in the Gospel of John "Verbum caro factum est" always oriented his soul and his action, and so the Lord was able to use him to give life to a worthy work, the "Society of Christian Doctrine" [...]. A deeply priestly and mystical soul, he poured out in outbursts of love towards God, towards Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the Saints. [...] St. George Preca help the Church to always be, in Malta and throughout the world, the faithful echo of the voice of Christ, Incarnate Word. Pope Benedict XVI, Cappella papale per la canonizzazione dei beati Giorgio Preca, Szymon di Lipnica, Karel van Sint Andries Houben, Marie Eugénie de Jésus Milleret'', Rome, 3 June 2007. External links Preca, George Category:1880 births Category:1962 deaths Category:Roman Catholic priests Category:Religious leaders Category:Catholic saints Category:Catholics from Malta