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The Chaplain of Hogar
de Cristo is a member of the Board of Directors, and is appointed
to this position by the Superior of the Society of Jesus in
Chile.
Since the days of Father Hurtado, Hogar de Cristo has been
under the charge of the following chaplains:
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Since
1952, Father Guillermo Balmaceda S.J. |
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Since
1966, Father Alvaro Lavín S.J. |
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Since 1952, Father
Alvaro Lavín S.J. |
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Since 1979, Father
Renato Hevia S.J. |
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Since 1963, Father
José Cifuentes S.J. |
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Since 1982, Father
Renato Poblete S.J. |
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Under the chaplainship of Father
Renato Poblete, Hogar de Cristo attained considerable development.
When he took over in 1982, Hogar de Cristo had 7 branches,
16 thousand contributing members, and provided attention to
350 people a day.
Eighteen years later, our Foundation has 50 branches, between
Arica and Porvenir (extreme north and extreme south of Chile),
more than 520 thousand contributing members, and meets the
needs of 22 thousand people a day. |
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Father
Agustín Moreira spent his school years
at the San Ignacio de El Bosque and, later, studied
Agronomy at Universidad Católica de Chile.
For four years, he managed a farm in the locality
of Padre Hurtado, on the outskirts of Santiago,
never imagining that, 13 years after joining the
Society of Jesus, he would become the successor
of Father Hurtado, in charge of the latter's main
achievement: Hogar de Cristo.
In 1996, he traveled to Spain to obtain a licentiate
in Moral Theology and to pursue a Master's Degree
in Bioethics at the Universidad de Comillas, in
Madrid.
He was ordained in 1998. |
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