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Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. Summary Remarks on Cause of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR By Fr. Eliseo González, OAR Before Bishop Garcia proceeds with 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. Last December 5, 2005 the diocesan inquiry was officially opened in this cathedral. Since then 130 witnesses came to give their testimonies about the life, virtues and fame of sanctity of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos. Among them were a cardinal, five bishops, 18 priests, 10 men and women religious and 96 lay persons. Together with the testimonies of these witnesses are important and pertinent documents. All these confirm the outstanding virtues prevalent in the life of Bishop Gallegos which prompted us to open the cause, namely: his humility, his ever joyful and positive outlook, his gentleness, his love and concern for everyone, especially for the people who were considered “misfits” and troubled, the migrants and the low riders, the problem of his deteriorating eyesight which he took in stride without calling attention to himself, his pastoral zeal in reaching out to everyone without exception and his being a man of prayer, with special devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Furthermore, there are signs of the spread of his fame of sanctity by the presence of people who visit his tomb and ask for his intercession. The documents will now be brought to
Rome to be presented to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
for them to study whether Bishop Gallegos indeed lived a holy life
and practiced virtues in a heroic manner.
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