Josep Tous
Josep Tous Soler (31 March 1811 - 27 February 1871) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin - a branch of the Franciscan Order. Upon becoming a friar he was called by the religious name Josep of Igualada and went on to preach across both Spain and France.
Soler established the Capuchin Sisters of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd in response to his aim of educating people; the order's sole task was to provide both the civic and the religious cultivation of people who either joined the order or who placed themselves under the direction of the congregation. It has since spread across Latin America and in Western Europe.
He was beatified in Barcelona on 25 April 2010; Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone – on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI – presided over the beatification celebration.
In the Martyrology
- February 27 Blessed Josep d’Igualada (Josep Tous Soler), priest