1. Read the text.2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verb form in past simple.
3. Deal with future: "he will handle the education of two native Africans"
4. What happened to Padre Usera in...
a) 1810 _____________________________________
b) 1824 _____________________________________
c) 1844 _____________________________________
d) 1864 _____________________________________
e) 1891 _____________________________________
f) 1925 _____________________________________
g) 1999 _____________________________________
TEXT
Jerónimo Mariano Usera y Alarcón, known as the Father
Usera (Madrid, Spain, September 15, 1810 - Havana, Cuba, May 17, 1891) ……… (be)
a religious and missionary, founder of the Sisters of the Love of God.
The Father Usera ………….. (be born) in Madrid on 15 September 1810 in a large family with deep Christian roots.
At the age of 14 years and told his father intended to devote his life to God, going to monastic life. After the secularization of the seizure of Mendizábal, …………… (arise) in him an interest in being a missionary.
In 1844, while teaching Greek at the University of Madrid, he will handle the education of two native Africans brought to Spain from the island Fernando Po. This …………. (make) him highly influential in his life, so that even ……………….. (affirm) that he had devoted himself entirely to defend the black race he loved in Jesus Christ.
In 1864 in Spain ……….. (found) the Congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God, who …………. (open) his first school in Toro (Zamora). After establishing more schools he ……………. (travel) to Cuba where he …………….. (continue) the work already undertaken in Spain. He had previously undergone other places like Fernando Po and Puerto Rico.
Jeronimo Usera ……….. (go) to the temple of God in Havana on 17 May 1891.
In 1925 his remains …………… (be) moved from Cuba to the house foundation of Toro, which is still revered today.
On 28 June 1999 was recognized as venerable by Pope John Paul II.
The congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God today is spread throughout the world and focuses mainly on teaching and on helping more than you need. Their increased presence remains in Spain.
On the 27th of April, the day commemorates the founding of the congregation and is celebrated worldwide by different institutions of the order.
The Father Usera ………….. (be born) in Madrid on 15 September 1810 in a large family with deep Christian roots.
At the age of 14 years and told his father intended to devote his life to God, going to monastic life. After the secularization of the seizure of Mendizábal, …………… (arise) in him an interest in being a missionary.
In 1844, while teaching Greek at the University of Madrid, he will handle the education of two native Africans brought to Spain from the island Fernando Po. This …………. (make) him highly influential in his life, so that even ……………….. (affirm) that he had devoted himself entirely to defend the black race he loved in Jesus Christ.
In 1864 in Spain ……….. (found) the Congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God, who …………. (open) his first school in Toro (Zamora). After establishing more schools he ……………. (travel) to Cuba where he …………….. (continue) the work already undertaken in Spain. He had previously undergone other places like Fernando Po and Puerto Rico.
Jeronimo Usera ……….. (go) to the temple of God in Havana on 17 May 1891.
In 1925 his remains …………… (be) moved from Cuba to the house foundation of Toro, which is still revered today.
On 28 June 1999 was recognized as venerable by Pope John Paul II.
The congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God today is spread throughout the world and focuses mainly on teaching and on helping more than you need. Their increased presence remains in Spain.
On the 27th of April, the day commemorates the founding of the congregation and is celebrated worldwide by different institutions of the order.
