#13 | Visit to the Americas

PANEL 13: Visit to the Americas

Photo of the canonical visitation in Mexico City, 1903

Fr. Albera’s Story

As the representative of Fr. Michael Rua, the Rector Major at the time, Fr. Albera visited all the houses of the Salesians and FMA in North and South America. This was a marathon not only because it took three years to complete the trek from Terra del Fuego to the New York, but also because the means of transportation were so poor that he often had to return on his tracks in order to make a connection for his next destination (he returned to Buenos Aires no less than eleven times!).

July: Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Sao Paulo, Lorraine, Guaratinguetà, Juiz de Fora, Ouro Preto, Cachoeira do Campo, Araras

August: Guaratinguetà, Lorena, Niteroi, Ponte Nova, Niteroi, San Paolo

September: Ipiranga, Campinas, Lorena, Niteroi, Bahia

October: Pernambuco

November: Niteroi, Flores, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Mendoza

December: Rodeo del Medio, Santiago, Melipilla, Santiago, Talca, Concepcion, Valparaiso, La Serena, Andacollo

January 1902: Santiago, Macul, Santiago

February: Valparaiso, Iquique

March: Arequipa, La Paz

April: Lima

May: Guayaquil

June: Cuenca, Gualaquiza, Cuenca

July: Riobamba, Ambato, Quito, Sangolquì, Guayaquil

August: Barranquilla, Honda, Bogota

September: Contractacion

October: Bogota, Agua de Dios, Bogota

November: Barranquilla, Caracas, Valencia, Caracas, Maracaibo

December: Curacao, La Guaira, Caracas, Miraflores, Puerto Rico

January 1903: Mexico City, Morelia, Puebla, Guadalupe

February: Mexico City, San Francisco

March: New York, London, Burwash, London

April: London, Paris, Turin

This was a marathon not only because it took three years to complete the trek from Terra del Fuego to the United States, but also because the means of transportation were so poor that he had to return on his tracks in order to make a connection for his next destination (he returned to Buenos Aires no less than eleven times!).

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