Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel' Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel' Guido Schaffer drowned in 2009 aged 34 in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Schaffer was a …More
Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel'
Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel'
Guido Schaffer drowned in 2009 aged 34 in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Schaffer was a seminarian drowned just weeks before he was due to be ordained as a priest. The Holy See has issued in 2014 a nihil obstat – or ‘no objection’ to his cause. Schaffer was nicknamed ‘the Surfing Angel’ and was loved by his community. Father Roberto Lopes, from the archdiocese of Rio said last May: ‘He was very sensitive toward others and was a man of great faith and was passionate for the word of God. ‘On the day of his burial, the Church of Our Lady of Copacabana was filled with bishops, priests and many believers who saw him a young man who was different and deeply loved God.’ He added that Schaffer ‘inspires more and more young people to follow the way of holiness while continuing to do everything that young people do’.
In a statement the Archdiocese said: "Guido is remembered with much affection by teachers and apprentices at the St Joseph Seminary, where he studied theology.
"His story has increasingly inspired other young people to follow the path of holiness without stopping to enjoy the things of youth".
Catholic officials will now look into his life and decide if he was holy enough to make it to the next stage of the process towards sainthood.
Beatification requires evidence of one miracle that happened after the candidate has died and as a result of a specific plea to the candidate. Sainthood requires a second miracle, though candidates deemed martyrs need only one for canonization.
Official site : www.guidoschaffer.com.br
Report the Miracle to the Office for the Causes of Saints of the Rio de Janeiro
Rua Benjamin Constant, 23 - 3°andar / 302 - Glória
CEP 24241-150
City : Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil
Phone: +55 (21) 2292-3132
ask to talk with extension 307 or 368
Email:
guido@arquidiocese.org.br
From :
www.dailymail.co.uk/…/The-surfer-sain…
Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel'
Guido Schaffer drowned in 2009 aged 34 in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Schaffer was a seminarian drowned just weeks before he was due to be ordained as a priest. The Holy See has issued in 2014 a nihil obstat – or ‘no objection’ to his cause. Schaffer was nicknamed ‘the Surfing Angel’ and was loved by his community. Father Roberto Lopes, from the archdiocese of Rio said last May: ‘He was very sensitive toward others and was a man of great faith and was passionate for the word of God. ‘On the day of his burial, the Church of Our Lady of Copacabana was filled with bishops, priests and many believers who saw him a young man who was different and deeply loved God.’ He added that Schaffer ‘inspires more and more young people to follow the way of holiness while continuing to do everything that young people do’.
In a statement the Archdiocese said: "Guido is remembered with much affection by teachers and apprentices at the St Joseph Seminary, where he studied theology.
"His story has increasingly inspired other young people to follow the path of holiness without stopping to enjoy the things of youth".
Catholic officials will now look into his life and decide if he was holy enough to make it to the next stage of the process towards sainthood.
Beatification requires evidence of one miracle that happened after the candidate has died and as a result of a specific plea to the candidate. Sainthood requires a second miracle, though candidates deemed martyrs need only one for canonization.
Official site : www.guidoschaffer.com.br
Report the Miracle to the Office for the Causes of Saints of the Rio de Janeiro
Rua Benjamin Constant, 23 - 3°andar / 302 - Glória
CEP 24241-150
City : Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil
Phone: +55 (21) 2292-3132
ask to talk with extension 307 or 368
Email:
guido@arquidiocese.org.br
From :
www.dailymail.co.uk/…/The-surfer-sain…