NEW BROTHER ANDRÉ
Father Émilien Tardif
The Vatican accepts that the Cause of beatification of Father Émilien Tardif open in Santo Domingo. On October 31, 2010, Abbé Yves Rancourt sent us an email in Spanish that he had just received, of which here is, in French, the content followed by the Spanish text, announcing a fine and great piece of news. NEW BROTHER ANDRÉ, Maria A.
Sangiovanni, co-founder with Father Émilien Tardif of the Comunidad Siervos de Cristo Vivo, announced at the end of the provincial retreat with Father Diego Jaramillo, director of El Minuto de Dios (Bogotá), that Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, had received from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints the permission to begin the Diocesan Inquiry for the Cause of canonization of the Servant of God Émilien Tardif. The 600 members of the community were beside themselves with joy, Mrs. Sangiovanni tells us.
She adds that the official opening and the establishment of the Diocesan Tribunal will take place in some time. She takes the opportunity to note that it is important that no public cult be rendered to Father Émilien through prayers, invocations, etc., which could harm the cause of beatification. “I invite us,” she concludes, “to pray much, so that in due time we may see the realization of the judgement of Holy Mother Church on the holy life of the Father.
Once again, let us give thanks to God for the life of this Man of God, who served us so well and who gave an example and an inspiration for all our lives.”
Mgr Hermann Giguère, P.H., Superior General of the Seminary of Quebec, November 1, 2010. See the French-language website devoted to Father Émilien Tardif