Servant of God Brother Fortunato Thanhäuser
Translation and the closure of the Diocesan phase
Having
obtained all the religious and civil authorisations, on 15 December 2022, in
the presence of the diocesan Bishop, Mgr Jose Pulickal, the Ecclesiastical
Tribunal, the experts appointed for the occasion, the Brothers of the
Hospitaller Order of St John of God and the Sisters of Charity of St John of
God, the remains of the Servant of God, Brother Fortunatus, were officially
identified and translated from the cemetery to the chapel of our hospital in
Kattappana. Now his body rests in the simple and intimate chapel, where the many
faithful, including the sick, the poor and the needy, can more easily visit the
tomb of the Servant of God to ask Our Lord for favours and graces through his
intercession.
On
31 January 2023, the diocesan Bishop Jose Pulickal presided over the concluding
session of the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of the Servant of God in
Kanjirapally Cathedral.
All
the Documents will now be taken to Rome, to the Dicastery for the Causes of
Saints, where the juridical validity of the Cause will be verified, and if
positive, the Dicastery will appoint the Relator to guide the external
Collaborator and the Postulator General to prepare the Positio on the
heroic virtues of the Servant of God.