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Donders Memorial Fund
Petrus Norbertus Donders (27 October 1809 – 14 January 1887) was a Dutch people, Dutch Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and member of the Redemptorist Congregation. He served in various Mission (station), missions in the Dutch colonial empire, Dutch colony of Surinam (Dutch colony), Surinam. He started working in the capital Paramaribo, but is predominantly known for his work in and around the leper colony Batavia, Suriname, Batavia, where he died in 1887. Peter Donders was beatified as 'Apostle of the Indigenous peoples in Suriname, Indians and Lepers' in 1982. The miracle needed was found in the cure of a Dutch child from bone cancer back in 1929. Life Peter Donders was born in Tilburg in the Netherlands on 27 October 1809 as the eldest of two children to Arnoldus Donders and Petronella van den Brekel. His younger brother was named Martin. When he was seven, his mother died. He desired to become a priest, but his father could not afford proper education. Donders wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatification
Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. ''Beati'' is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" (abbreviation "Bl.") before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds". History Local bishops had the power of beatifying until 1634, when Pope Urban VIII, in the apostolic constitution ''Cœlestis Jerusalem'' of 6 July, reserved the power of beatifying to the Holy See. Since the reforms of 1983, as a rule, one miracle must be confirmed to have taken place through the intercession of the person to be beatified. Miracles are almost always unexplainable medical healings, and are scientifically investigated by commissions comprising physicians and theologia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
