The cottage
  Before the image of the "Santina" one prayed, designed and saw,
, to put it that way, the development of the work ...
... seven years of intense life in that blessed place
place give a lot,
and everything they gave
was around the ideal of life which arose
and crystallised while looking at the "Santina"."
 

 
La Casina hace referencia a esa presencia de Pedro Poveda en Covadonga, durante siete años, como canónigo de esta Basílica y a su empeño de dar respuesta a la necesidad social que se vivía en España, especialmente en el campo de la educación, en aquellos primeros años del siglo XX.
In the year 1927 the Theresian Institute, recently approved, received the privilege of being able to continue that presence here. Their charge was to "consolidate and build on the foundations of the work", with "that first dedication made at the altar of the "Santina"" (in a letter of P. Poveda 19260), witnessed by those who live here or come on pilgrimage, thereby lending visibility to the charisma of the founder.  

Today "La Casina" ia a place of welcome, of meeting and of prayer. It is also a place which brings us closer to the origins of the work and the experience lived here by its founder, St. Pedro Poveda Castroverde.
Those who live here have the charge from their founder to pray in front of the Cave of Covadonga, "before the altar of the "Santina", where he had thought, planned, asked and begged so many times" (in a letter to Magdalena Ayuso, P. Poveda, 1930).
It is also important to point out the collaboration they offer in the "Pastoral of Covadonga".

 
 
San Pedro Poveda
 
 
 
 

The strength of a Vocation
«Dadme una vocación y yo os devolveré una escuela, un método y una pedagogía»
(Oviedo 1912)
True Humanism
«Yo quiero, sí, vidas humanas; pero como entiendo que esas vidas no podrán ser cual las deseamos si no son vidas de Dios, pretendo comenzar por henchir de Dios a los que han de vivir una verdadera vida humana»
«La Encarnación, bien entendida, la persona de Cristo, su naturaleza y su vida dan, para quien lo entiende, la norma segura para llegar a ser santo, con la santidad más verdadera, siendo al propio tiempo humano, con el humanismo verdad» (¿Jaén 1913-16?)
Youth, strength and hope in the world

«¿Quiénes son los que reaccionan? Los jóvenes. ¿Quiénes los más valientes, intrépidos, temerarios, arriesgados? Los jóvenes. ¿Quiénes son lo que tienen ideales, los que se olvidan de sí, los que encienden el fuego? Los jóvenes. ¡Oh, juventud, arma poderosa, brazo casi omnipotente, fuerza del mundo!» (Madrid, 1933)
"Seven intense years in that blessed place have a lot to give, and all they gave was around the ideal of life which arose and crystallised while looking at the "Santina""
(Pedro Poveda, December 1928)