Beatification process

Diocesan phase of the beatification process

Since his departure for heaven on 26 September 1993, many people have been helped by the intercession of Frederick Kaiser. Countless letters and visits to his tomb bear witness to this. The feelings of the faithful prompted Mother Jacinta to consult the then Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, since Father Kaiser gave up his soul to God in Lima. The Cardinal’s response was positive. Under the guidance of Rev. Father Pedro Zubieta OCD, the juridical steps to follow were started.

On 28 September 2018, Cardinal Cipriani, after having received from the Holy See the Nihil obstat, introduced the process of canonisation on the life and heroic virtues of the Servant of God, Bishop Frederick Kaiser MSC.

At the solemn opening session, Cardinal Cipriani, like the members of the tribunal, took the oath of office. The tribunal constituted by His Eminence was as follows:

– Delegated Judge the Rev. Father Fernando Palacios Blanco.

– Alberto Maraví Petrozzi, Promoter of Justice.

– Notary actuary Rev. Father Julio Zafra Cotrina.

– Notary assistant Mother Ana MJVV.

– And as Postulator, Mother Inmaculata MJVV.

The ecclesiastical Tribunal interrogated 54 witnesses who knew him during his life and even went to Caravelí to hear some witnesses who, due to their age, could not appear in Lima. While in Caravelí they signed the decree of absence from worship.

The closing session was held on 26 July 2019, presided over by Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Casaverde. Octavio Casaverde, where he swore in Mother Trinity MJVV as the bearer of the acts of the process. This act concluded the diocesan phase.

Roman phase of the beatification process

On 17 September 2019, Mother Jacinta MJVV and Mother Trinidad MJVV, bearer of the process, went to the office of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and handed over to Mons. Giacomo Pappalardo, official of the Congregation, the two copies of the acts of the process of beatification of Federico Kaiser. The Roman phase of the process began.

Mother Jacinta, as Actress of the Cause, presented as Postulator before the Holy See Dr. María Victoria Hernández Rodríguez, of the I.S. Crusades of St. Mary, on 4 October 2019.

Dr. María Victoria Hernández Rodríguez holds a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome, where she has taught Philosophy and General Theory of Law and Canon Procedural Law at the Faculty of Canon Law. She is a judge at the Ordinary Tribunal of the Vicariate of Rome and a lecturer at the Javeriana University of Bogotá. She is Postulator in the causes of canonisation of the Venerable Fr. Tomás Morales, S.J., the Venerable Ángel Riesco Carbajo and the Nurse Martyrs of Astorga, among others.

Also, on 1st October, the Mother Actress presented Mother Trinidad MJVV to the Holy See as Administrator of the fund of goods of the Cause.

The decree for the opening of the funds was given at the end of December 2019 and on 9 January 2020 they were opened in the presence of Dr. Maria Victoria Hernandez.

Decree of Legal Validity

At the beginning of March 2021, the Decree of Legal Validity was granted. Once it had been verified that the diocesan process had complied with the legal norms, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints gave the Postulator an authentic copy of the Process, known as a public copy.

Appointment of the Relator

At the end of March 2021, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints appointed the Relator. Mons. Maurizio Tagliaferri. He was born in Casola Valsenio (Italy) on 10 June 1959. He was ordained priest in 1985. He holds a doctorate in Church History from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a diploma in Archivistics from the Vatican Secret Archives. Since 2014 he has been working as Rapporteur of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Maurizio Tagliaferri and the Postulator, Dr. Maria Victoria Hernandez Rodriguez, have the arduous task of writing the Positio or printed book on the virtues of Bishop Kaiser.

Anyone who receives graces and favours from the Servant of God is invited to communicate it to:

– mons.fkaiserd@outllok.com

– padrekaiser.msc@gmail.com

– Mobile: 969 874 295

The spiritual progress of the process can be greatly helped by many prayers, and if anyone wishes to collaborate financially, a donation to the account is invited:

CAUSE OF BEATIFICATION

Msgr. Frederick Kaiser

Scotiabank No. 207-027 4655

Chronology

06/08/2014 M. Jacinta MJVV, Actress of the Cause requests Cardinal Cipriani Thorne to open the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of Father Federico Kaiser MSC.
26/03/2015 The Archbishop of Lima consults the Bishops on the request of the Superior General, exhorting the faithful to communicate all that could be useful to the Cause. And the first theological censor is appointed: Fr. Pedro Rufino Hidalgo Díaz.
10/02/2017 The theological censor delivers his report.
08/05/2017 the Postulator, Mother María Inmaculata MJVV presents the Supplex Libellus to the Archbishop of Lima.
04/09/2017 the Commission of Experts in History and Archivistics is appointed: Fr Fernando Luis Janssen Frasson and Fr Ernesto Rojas Ingunza.
26 /09/2017 the second Theological Censor is appointed: Mgr. Esteban Puig Tarrats, who after an intense three months of work, completed the revision of the edited books of the Servant of God, stating: “I admire the wisdom, precision, colloquy and teaching of Monsignor in the commentaries on the Holy Bible. As for the texts dedicated to propagating the teachings of the Bible, they are a clear exponent of his apostolic zeal and of his paternal dedication to his daughters, Missionaries of Jesus, Word and Victim. I have also highlighted the deep spiritual life of Monsignor”.
16 /03/2018, the Archbishop of Lima asks the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for the Nihil obstat,
27/06/2018, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints grants the opening of the Cause.
24/07/2018, the Archbishop of Lima decrees the Introduction of the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of the Servant of God and the Constitution of the Tribunal. The 3rd member of the Historical Commission is appointed: Mother Crescencia MJVV.

Diocesan Phase

28/09/2018 Opening session of the process on the life, virtues and reputation of sanctity, in Lima, beginning the diocesan phase of the investigation.
01/10/2018 to 07/05/2019 Testimonies are collected from more than 50 eyewitnesses, who testified in Lima and Caravelí. Three people testified abroad: his niece and two Spanish priests.
23/01/2019, The Tribunal inspects the room and tomb of the Servant of God as well as the Chapel of the Mother House where he lived, at the conclusion of which the Declaration of absence of worship was made.
03/06/2019 The exhumation of the remains of the Servant of God takes place in Caravelí, an act preceded by the Bishop’s Delegate: Mons. Bernardo Kühnel MSC.
24/06/2019 The Historical Commission delivers the report and the documents collected.
08/07/2019 Mother Trinidad MJVV is appointed as the bearer of the Acts to take them to Rome.
26/07/2019 Closing Session of the Diocesan Phase is held.
17/09/2019 Delivery of the Acts to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints by the bearer Mother Trinidad MJVV.

Roman Phase

04/10/2019 La dott.ssa Maria Victoria Hernández Rodriguez è nominata Postulatrice della Fase Romana.
09/01/2020 Mons. Papalardo, officiale della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi, apre le scatole contenenti i documenti della Fase Diocesana.
Inizio marzo 2020 Gli Atti dell’Inchiesta diocesana approvati positivamente dai due congressi di Roma. Il Processo diocesano è legalmente valido, cioè viene concesso il Decreto di Validità Legale. I documenti stampati, suddivisi in volumi, vengono chiamati Copia Pubblica e consegnati al Postulatore.
Maurizio Tagliaferri è stato nominato relatore, che lavora in coordinamento con il Postulatore nella preparazione della Positio. La biografia del Servo di Dio è attualmente in preparazione. In seguito, le sue virtù saranno evidenziate sulla base delle testimonianze dei testimoni oculari.