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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).
2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).
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BLESSED GEORG HAFNER
George Hafner was born on 19 October 1900 in Wurzburg, Bavaria. His parents, Valentin and Barbara Hewig Ulsamer, were simple, humble and believing Christians who brought up George with a good education and a deep faith. He was baptized on 28 October 1900 and given the names Joseph George Simon.
From early childhood, George manifested a strong inclination towards the priesthood. He excelled as an altar boy at serving Mass and often entertained his companions by playing at imitating a priest celebrating Mass. His parents made many sacrifices so that George could complete his early studies. In 1918 he completed his secondary studies and, due to the First World War, was called up for army service. He never had to engage in any military activity. With a view to preparation for the priesthood, he began Philosophy and Theology in Wurzburg University and on 11 January 1920 he also joined the Carmelite Secular Order, taking the name Brother Aloysius of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Having obtained a doctorate in Theology, George was ordained a priest in the Seminary chapel of St. Michael, Wurzburg, by the Archbishop of Bamberga, Mons. Jacob von Hauck, on 13 April 1924. He was engaged in Pastoral ministry in different parishes until 12 November 1934, when he was nominated as Parish Priest of Oberschwarzach. Here he distinguished himself for his firm faith, extraordinary zeal and outstanding charity.
The Venerable Servant of God fulfilled all his priestly duties with great humility, in constant silence and prayer. His only desire was to encourage his faithful to be aware of their duties and to observe their religious practices.
Due to his fruitful pastoral activity, including religious education in the state schools, the Parish Priest of Oberschwarzach came to be seen as an enemy of the Nationalist-Socialist regime, due to his propagating 0f Christian principles which were considered as being opposed to the State. As his enemies could not find any valid accusation against him they resorted to a treacherous plot. During the funeral of a forest guard, they took the opportunity of denouncing him to the Gestapo. At that funeral service, Don Georg revealed that the deceased had been reconciled to the Catholic Church before his death. As a result, a second marriage of his, contracted in a civil rite, was invalid.
On 31 October 1941, the Servant of God was unjustly arrested, interrogated and incarcerated in Wurzburg prison with an accusation of “hostile behaviour towards the State”. Being condemned as a political prisoner, Don Georg was deported by the Nazi authorities to the concentration camp of Dachau, on December 1941. During his imprisonment, he never ceased to preach the truthful tenets of the Christian faith, while staunchly enduring all his physical and moral sufferings. He carried the cross, accepting the will of God in every situation. He died of neglect the 20 August 1942.
His Beatification ceremony took place in Wurzburg on 15 May 2011.
Procedure - Giorgio Häfner - Luigi dei Sacri Cuori
1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).
2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).
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Redento della Croce
Peter Berthelot was born in Honfleur (Calvados, France) on December 12, 1600 and at a very young age he gave himself to navigation, traveling to Spain, England, America. In 1619 he went to India, where, as a cosmographer and first pilot of the kings of France and Portugal, he distinguished himself by his worth and ingenuity, as evidenced by his Maritime tables outlined with great skill, preserved in the British Museum (Ms. Sloan 197).
In 1635, finding himself in Goa, on the advice of his spiritual director, Fr. Philip of the Most Holy Trinity, entered the Discalced Carmelites, where he was professed on December 25, 1636 with the name of Denis of the Nativity and received the priesthood on August 24, 1638. Both in the novitiate and after profession, according to the testimony of Fr. Philip, he was an example of virtue to all religious. During prayer, he was not infrequently raised to divine contemplation, appearing to be surrounded by heavenly splendour. In 1638, the Viceroy Pietro da Silva sent to the sultan of Achén (Sumatra), the ambassador Francesco de Souza de Castro who wanted Denis with him as a spiritual guide and as an expert on the sea and the Malay language. Denis took as his companion Thomas Rodriguez, who, born about 1598 in Portugal, had entered the same Order as a lay brother, with the name of Redemptus of the Cross.
The two left Goa with the legation on September 25, 1638, and, after fortunate navigation, on October 25 they arrived at Achén, where, greeted with signs of simulated joy, they were soon taken prisoner. As religious, Denis and Redemptus were tormented and tempted more than the others to leave the Catholic faith and convert to that of the Muslims. In prison Denis deprived himself of necessities out of charity towards others whom he supported with words, help and example. After the death sentence, Redemptus died among the first, while Denis suffered martyrdom last, at his desire, in order to be able to comfort the others: he was killed by a sword, which split his head in two, on November 29, 1638.
The beatification ceremony was held on June 10, 1900.
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