Those who think they are ‘very well’ may not understand it, but those who know they need help will be thrilled by the story of Ángel López Berlanga, a Spaniard who trafficked in drugs, was imprisoned in Peru and there his life changed in a procession of Holy Week.
Many will be able to share their excitement from the bus shelters and Metro stops, which with advertisements and a QR code facilitate access to their brief but intense testimonial on YouTube. Tell your story in less than 4 minutes: how long it takes to get the Metro. The posters will be there until Holy Tuesday, the video will remain indefinitely, on the YouTube channel of the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACdP).
With trumpets and percussion of Easter band in the background, and with the image of a Crucified between the two thieves, in procession, the words of Ángel López resonate.
He was transporting drugs, sentenced to 12 years
He explains that he got into the world of drug transport, with a high standard of living and debts. “They offered me extra money, I took a trip [transportando droga]It worked out for me … until they caught me. “ The prisons in Peru were a devastating experience: “terrible places, crowded with people, unbearable smell, something inhuman.” He was sentenced to 12 years.
But one day, he explains, “I go out to a pavilion, I sneak in for safety, and suddenly I find a procession. I saw a boy with the gold tooth, with the Cross thrown, and I was impressed... I said, ‘this guy, what is he doing with a cross?’ And nothing, what I started to cry”.
It was the beginning of a radical change. “And how was I going to explain that, How was I going to tell my family that I have met God? It was taking off an incredible load. There were times when I even felt freer in prison than when I was out. “
Ángel López Berlanga managed to regain his relationships with his family, he managed to tell what he had lived with Christ, He was able to share it with other prisoners … and he is now telling it through this campaign, when many around the world need hope.
The exciting video of the ACdP with the real story of Ángel López Berlanga
In canopies of 40 cities
The campaign is present in 400 marquees and advertisements in 40 Spanish cities. Illustrate the story with a scene from Calvary and the central message: “Have hope, a thief was saved.” This is the case of Saint Dimas, the “good thief”, who next to Christ receives his promise: “today you will be with me in the Kingdom of Heaven”. And that promise can be claimed by all those who embrace his Cross.
The campaign will be present throughout Holy Week until Easter Tuesday in the cities of Santander, Vigo, Seville, Malaga, Salamanca, Burgos, Valencia, Zaragoza, Alicante, Almería, Cádiz, Castellón, Oviedo, Murcia, Pontevedra, Vitoria, Gijón, Granada, Huelva, Valladolid, Pamplona, León, Logroño, Gerona, Lleida, Cuenca, Albacete and Madrid. In addition, it will also be in the towns of Sabadell, Badalona, Elche, Alcoy, Lorca, Alcobendas, Boadilla del Monte, Coslada, Getafe, Leganés, Móstoles, Pozuelo de Alarcón, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Torrejón de Ardoz and in the Metro de Madrid.
What’s more, In the center of the city of Malaga, the ACdP has arranged a Way of the Cross. In its streets the stations will be available in various canopies with a QR code that links to the texts proposed by the Vatican for this practice.
The Catholic Association of Propagandists It was founded in 1908 by the Jesuit Ángel Ayala and the Servant of God Ángel Herrera Oria (journalist, politician, lawyer and later priest and cardinal). It has created the CEU Foundations (with the universities and colleges of the CEU group). It organizes the conferences and congresses of Catholics and Public Life. Today it has about 500 partners in more than 20 centers throughout Spain.
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