What is Alberto Hurtado?
'''Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, S.J.''' was a [[Jesuit]] [[priest]] who was [[Canonization|canonized]] (recognized as a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[saint]]) on October 23, 2005, by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He was born '''Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga''' on January 22, 1901, in [[Viña del Mar]], [[Chile]]. He was of [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque]] origin. As well as being a Jesuit priest, he was also a [[lawyer]], [[Social work|social worker]], and writer. He founded the [[Hogar de Cristo Foundation]]. In Chile, he was popularly known as '''Padre Hurtado'''. He died from [[cancer]] on August 18, 1952 in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI canonized him. == Early life and education == Alberto's father died when he was four years old. After this, his mother had to sell, at a loss, their modest property in order to pay the family’s debts. Because the [[family]] was so [[Poverty|poor]], Alberto and his brother had to go to live with relatives and were often moved from one family member to another. Alberto got a [[scholarship]] that allowed him to study at the famous all-boys Jesuit school of St. Ignacio, Santiago. He studied there from 1909 to 1917. At the parish and school, Hurtado assisted in the office and was [[librarian]]. During this time, he also volunteered at the [[Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Andacollo]], a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[parish]] and school in a [[Poverty|poor neighborhood]] of [[Santiago]]. Fernando Vives, a teacher at the St. Ignacio school, was one of the most important people in Hurtado's life. Even during Vives' [[exile]] in [[Spain]] (1918–1935), they stayed in contact with each other. Vives was a great influence on Hurtado. == Law school and military service == From 1918 to 1923, Hurtado attended the [[Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile]]. He studied in its [[law school]] and wrote his [[thesis]] on [[Labor law|labour law]]. He had to interrupt his education because he was [[Conscription|required to serve in the military]]. However, he