Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló
Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló (born May 4, 1917 in Mallorca ; † February 6, 2008 in Palma de Mallorca ) was the co-founder and lay initiator of the International Cursillo Movement .
Life
Eduardo Bonnín came from a Mallorcan merchant family. He initially received private lessons, was a student of Augustinian monks and then attended La Salle College in Palma de Mallorca. He was a soldier from 1937 to 1946 and participated in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
During Holy Week of 1943 he was a participant in the Spanish Catholic Action in preparation for a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, which finally took place in 1948. With the experience of the pilgrimage, he founded the Cursillos de Cristiandad in 1948 , a movement within the Roman Catholic Church that is now represented in more than 800 dioceses in around 60 countries worldwide.
Fonts
- Eduardo Bonnín, Miguel Fernández: Origin and methodology of the Cursillo , Klagenfurt 1974
- Eduardo Bonnín: Spirituality and Liberation in Latin America , Echter Würzburg 1984, ISBN 3-429-00900-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló in the catalog of the German National Library
- “The lay initiator of the Cursillo movement has died” , obituary on cursillo.de
- Biography of Eduardo Bonnín
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Co-founder and lay initiator of the Cursillo movement died" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , zenit.org, February 11, 2008
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| SURNAME | Bonnín Aguiló, Eduardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eduardo Bonnín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish founder of a catholic organization Cursillos de Cristiandad |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mallorca |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2008 |
| Place of death | Palma de Mallorca |