On this date, Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay conferred the tonsure to the first three (then soon to be) priests, blessed Alvaro, don Jose Maria Hernandez Garnica, and don Jose Luis Muzquiz.
From notes of one of those present: "at 8 o'clock, in the episcopal chapel, which was presided by an image of Our Lady in a gothic altarpiece, took place the ceremony of the tonsure. While the bishop was cutting some hair locks in the shape of a cross he would say: 'Dominus pars hereditatis meae et calicis mei...' At the end of the ceremony, they were congratulated by the families, friends and classmates. Together with the other members of the Work, the chapel was packed."
The three priests have open causes of canonisation. Don Alvaro was beatified last September in Madrid.
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