La Grande Obra de Atocha, una aportación de la Iglesia a la sociedad

Resumen

From the Church they carry out tasks of apostolate in all areas of society and throughout the world with the aim of responding to needs and to make better and more just world. The person is the main concern of the church and around it and shortcomings were born and are born different initiatives depending on the characteristics of each time or place. In this paper we will try one of these initiatives since its inception and until today, the situations are changing and also the answers of the Church are adapting to the new challenges of society. In particular we will focus on an institution born in Spain in the first third of the twentieth century with the aim of improving the situation of a neighborhood in the city of La Coruña, focused primarily on women and now almost a century later is already present in several parts of the world and serves quite a wide range of needs of children, women, men, old ... of the whole society. This institution is the great work of Atocha and its founder was the Venerable Baltasar Pardal.