Ceferino Namuncurá: la promesa de una vocación misionera para la Patagonia (1886-1905)

Abstract

Resumen: El presente artículo busca poner de manifiesto algunas líneas históricas que convergen en la vida del Beato Ceferino Namuncurá, recientemente beatificado en Chimpay. A través de ellas se posibilita conocer el horizonte evangelizador que acompañó su vida y las razones que llevaron al Beato a seguir la vocación religiosa y sacerdotal. Su figura es una voz clamorosa que interpela hoy a la Iglesia Argentina, llamándola a comprometerse con mayor ardor en la misión evangelizadora, particularmente con las comunidades aborígenes presentes en diversas regiones del país.

Abstract: Ceferino Namuncurá, whose beatification took place recently in Chimpay, is introduced from the point of view of some historical trends. They allow us to know how his life was lived within an evangelization frame, as well as the reasons he found for his religious and priestly vocation. His voice challenges Argentine Church to a new commitment on its mission, especially towards aboriginal communities living in several places of this country.