Importance of the Magazine “El Heraldo De Cristo” in the Study and Dissemination of the Franciscan Third Order:

The Case of Fr. Miguel Quetglas, TOR

Abstract

The Venerable Third Order of San Francisco, known today as the Secular Franciscan Order, aroused great interest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was considered by Leo XIII as one of the most suitable institutions to carry out a process of spiritual renewal in Christendom. The friars of the Spanish province of the Immaculate Conception echoed this optimism and advocated its spread throughout the island of Mallorca. In addition, the magazine El Heraldo de Cristo also sought to publicize its origin and evolution. Fr. Miguel Quetglas presented monthly, for four years (1928-1931), his inquiries about the Venerable Third Order of San Francisco, from the 13th century to the present day. This text briefly comments on the content of its first two editions: January and February 1928.