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Posted: Wed Feb 7th, 2007 12:01 am |
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Mother delayed cancer treatments in order to save her daughter
Buenos Aires, Feb 6, 2007 / 12:45 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Guillermo Jose Garlatti of Bahia Blanca has opened the cause for beatification of the Servant of God, Maria Cecilia Perrin de Buide who refused cancer treatments in order save her unborn daughter Augustina.
The tribunal that will investigate the heroism of Cecilia Perrin, who was a member of the Focolare movement, will include Father Marino Giampetruzzi, Father Elio Ricca and Alejandra Belfoire.
Cecilia Perrin died on March 1, 1985 at the age of 28, when she gave up her life for her daughter and refused to undergo an abortion. In February of 1984, while already pregnant, Perrin was diagnosed with cancer. Her daughter Agustina was born in July of 1984. By the time she gave birth, however, the cancer had already progressed to an untreatable stage, and Cecilia died eight months later.
Her remains are interred at the Mariapolis Lia Cemetery in the Buenos Aires province and hundreds visit the place each year, especially pregnant women who pray for her intercession. On November 10, 2005 the Holy See declared Perrin a Servant of God, thus paving the way for the opening of her cause for beatification and canonization.
The above article is reposted with permission from the Catholic News Agency.
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Posted: Wed Feb 7th, 2007 10:37 pm |
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| What is the Foccolare movement mentioned in the article?
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Wed Feb 7th, 2007 11:01 pm |
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Becky, Focolare is a Catholic lay movement that originated several decades ago in Italy. Its specifics can can be seen here.
David
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