O lugar de Luiza Andaluz na Igreja do seu tempo

: uma voz católica na I República

Abstract

This dissertation analyses the presence of Luiza Andaluz in the Church of the First Republic. Luiza Andaluz was born in 1877 in Santarem and died in 1973 in Lisbon, having carried out various active intervention dynamics in society. This support comes during the First Republic, when difficulties for Catholicism were deeply present and particularly regarding the clergy. Luiza Andaluz emerges as a woman who places herself at the service of the Church, seeking to address the complexities which were a result of the policies of First Republic. In that context, her focus was on the education for the underprivileged. Her sister’s entry into a monastery in Spain was pivotal in leading her to question her own vocation - her place in the Church. Therefore, her Christian life itinerary was marked by a desire for the contemplative life, even though the needs of the Church, and her will to respond to them, led her to an active life. An active life that never dismissed the contemplative life. Her contribution to Christian spirituality is this dynamism of unification of these two realities, always keeping in mind the good of the other. Finally, the congregation of the Servas de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (The Servants of Our Lady of Fatima), of which she was the founder, is the culmination point of her Christian life itinerary, understood as a mission and therefore an integrant part of her participation in the church life.

Date of Award	13 Jan 2025
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Rita Mendonça Leite (Supervisor)