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Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R
| 12-5-06-One
Year Later-Celebration of the
conclusion of the diocesan phase of the cause of Beatification
and Canonization of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR-It was a relief
to get away from New York just as the cold weather was setting
in, and to get a mini-reprieve by a visit to sunny California.
My thoughts, however, were on more than just the weather on
that Friday, November 3, as the plane lifted off from Newark
Liberty Airport and headed west. The purpose of my trip was
to take part, along with my Recollect brothers, in the formal
closing of the diocesan phase of the cause for the beatification
and canonization of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR, which was
set to take place at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Sacramento
on Sunday, November 5, 2006. After a five-and-a-half hour flight,
it was good to see the familiar face of Br. Jorge Valdivia at
the baggage carousel in LAX, waiting to take me up the coast
to Oxnard. We arrived at St. Augustine Priory around mid-afternoon,
and were scheduled to leave for Sacramento the following day.
It was definitely déjà vu. Less than one year
earlier on December 4, 2005, I had made an almost identical
trip to attend the opening of the Gallegos cause. More
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| 12-5-06-Summary
Remarks-On Cause of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR-By
Fr. Eliseo González, OAR-Before Bishop
Garcia proceeds w ith the homily,
allow me to give an insight of the important ceremony that is
to take place immediately after this mass, the closing ceremony
of the diocesan process of the causes of beatification and canonization
of the Servant of God, Bishop Alphonse Gallegos. More
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| 11-5-06-Richard
Garcia, Auxiliary Bishop-Auxiliary
Bishop Garcia delivers the homily, extolling the life and virtues
of Bishop Gallegos Homily Mass to close the diocesan process
for canonization for Bishop Alphonse Gallegos Sunday, November
5, 2006 Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament It is with great
joy that we all gather today to remember, to renew, and to rejoice
in God’s love for us, Bishop Gallegos’ family, Religious
community, the Diocese of Sacramento and us all.
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| 11-5-06-Closing
of the Diocesan-Process
of the Canonization of the Servant of God-Bishop Alphonse Gallegos,
OAR Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Sacramento, California
November 5, 2006 Presided by Most Rev. William Weigand Bishop
of Sacrmento (When all the members of the Tribunal are assembled
in the designated place the closing begins with the presentation
and explanation of the ceremony )More
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| 1-6-05-A
Saint in the Family?-Opening
of the Cause for Beatification of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos,
OARYes, we were pushing it: we had decided to travel the same
day as the big event. I had set my alarm clock for 5:00 AM.
We were leaving for Sacramento at 6:30 AM, which gave me plenty
of time to get ready for the seven-hour trip from Oxnard to
California’s state capital. The sun was just coming up
when I walked over to the dining room, where I was greeted by
many of the other friars, students, and visitors who would be
making the journey to attend the opening of the cause of beatification
of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR. Everyone was having his wake-up
coffee and a bite to eat before starting out. We had decided
to pile ourselves and our overnight bags into three vans and
to get an early start so that we would be ready to attend the
5:30 PM concelebrated liturgy at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral,
presided by Bishop William Weigand.
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| 10-06-Update
on Bishop Alphonse Gallegos-The closing of
the initial phase for the process of beatification and canonization
of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos is scheduled to take place on November
5, 2006, and will be celebrated with a 1:00 PM Mass, presided
by Bishop William Weigand of Sacramento, California, in Sacred
Heart Cathedral. This date coincides with what would have been
the 25th anniversary of the Bishop’s ordination
to the episcopacy—November 4, 1981—in the same cathedral.
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