The inner biographical sketch of a man deeply united to God, free under the sovereignty of the spirit and attentive to the needs of his contemporaries. Pedro Poveda simply sought a way of living the 'sacred' amid the desacralized and profane, in the manner of the early Christians. He and his work represent a renewal and a model for the evangelizing presence of believers today.

Mª Dolores Gómez Molleda, author of books on the "Institución Libre de Enseñanza," is a Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History of Spain at the University of Salamanca. She is an expert on the history of the Teresian Association, its founder Saint Pedro Poveda, and the impact of both in the life of the church and in the actions of lay Catholics today.