{"id":39445,"date":"2021-07-20T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/request-for-opening-of-beatification-cause-of-neocatechumenal-way-co-founder-carmen-hernandez\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:40:00","slug":"request-for-opening-of-beatification-cause-of-neocatechumenal-way-co-founder-carmen-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/request-for-opening-of-beatification-cause-of-neocatechumenal-way-co-founder-carmen-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Request for opening of beatification cause of Neocatechumenal Way co-founder Carmen Hern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez, who died in 2016, founded the Neocatechumenal Way together with Kiko Arg\u00fcello in Spain in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>The ecclesial movement draws its inspiration from the practices of the early Catholic Church, providing \u201cpost-baptismal\u201d Christian formation in some 40,000 small, parish-based communities.<\/p>\n<p>The movement is present all over the world, and says it has an estimated membership of more than 1 million people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vida Nueva Digital, the postulator for Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s cause has begun investigations into the co-founder\u2019s life and has already collected more than 16,000 pages. The next step, if the request to open the cause is granted, will be recording statements from witnesses, historians, and theologians.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Vatican News ahead of the July 19 Mass at the Madrid cathedral, the postulator said: \u201cthere are many who want to come and say even just a \u2018thank you\u2019 to Carmen for what, directly or indirectly, she has done for their life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez was born in \u00d3lvega, Spain, but mostly grew up in Tudela. She studied chemistry in Madrid, and afterward joined the Institute of Missionaries of Christ Jesus. After graduating with a degree in theology, she started the Neocatechumenal Way with Arg\u00fcello.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n      fbq('init', '997110327150470');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\nCredit: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews-europe\/~3\/clSo3nMaDYw\/beatification-cause-opened-for-neocatechumenal-way-co-founder-carmen-hernandez\"target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hern\u00e1ndez, who died in 2016, founded the Neocatechumenal Way together with Kiko Arg\u00fcello in Spain in 1964. 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