Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase
| Venerable Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase | |
|---|---|
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| Priest | |
| Born |
14 July 1809 Quillan, Aude, First French Empire |
| Died |
16 January 1890 (aged 80) Gijón, Asturias, Kingdom of Spain |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Attributes | Cassock |
| Patronage | Sisters of the Guardian Angel |
Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase (14 July 1809 - 16 January 1890) was a French Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Carcassone and the founder of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel - an order dedicated to the care of children and the educational needs of the poor.[1]
Lacase became a Servant of God on 25 March 1954 under Pope Pius XII and was made Venerable on 8 March 1997 after Pope John Paul II confirmed his life of heroic virtue. Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to him in 2016 and thus confirms his beatification to take place on 22 April 2017.[2]
Life
Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase was born in 1809 in Aude in France during a time of unease due to the French Revolution a decade prior to his birth. He was baptized hours after his birth.
He commenced his studies for the diocesan priesthood in Carcassonne where he was ordained on 21 December 1833.[2] His superiors at the time recognized that he had a flair for education and he himself believed he would become a diocesan teacher. This prompted his superior to name him as a professor to seminarians in Carcassonne.[1]
Lacase established - on 3 December 1839 - a school that heralded in the establishment of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel.[1] The school and order in and of themselves were established so that Lacase could devote his pastoral mission to the education of children with a particular emphasis on a proper civic and cultural education that applied more to rural areas of France.[2] Napoleon III issued a formal decree on 12 December 1852 that granted imperial recognition to Lacase's congregation that started its work in Ecuador on 4 December 1861. The institute received diocesan approval on 6 June 1837.
Lacase travelled to Rome where Pope Pius IX received him in a private audience on 16 July 1867. The pontiff blessed Lacase and his work and provided him words of encouragement for the work of his congregation. He - at some point - relocated to Spain and remained in Oviedo.[2]
He died in 1890 in Spain.[1] His order now operates in Africa and Asia. The order received the papal decree of praise from Pope Leo XIII on 27 August 1902 and received formal papal approval of its constitution from Pope Pius XI on 18 December 1934 and from Pope Pius XII on 11 May 1942.
Beatification
The beatification process commenced in Oviedo in the introduction of a diocesan process on 25 March 1954 tasked with collecting information in relation to Lacase's life - this process concluded its work on 10 September 1955. The commencement of the cause in 1954 under Pope Pius XII had granted Lacase the posthumous title of Servant of God as the first official stage in the process.
Theologians took possession of all of his writings in order to determine if such writings were orthodox in nature and not in contradiction of the faith - a decree issued on 12 July 1973 approved all of Lacase's spiritual writings. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the diocesan process in Rome on 16 June 1989 and received the Positio in 1990 for assessment while a historical commission approved the contents of the dossier on 21 May 1991. Consulting theologians also approved the cause on 11 June 1996 while the C.C.S. came to the same conclusion on 7 January 1997.
Lacase became titled as Venerable on 8 March 1997 after Pope John Paul II recognized that the late priest had lived a life of heroic virtue.
The process of investigating the miracle needed for his beatification took place in the area it originated in and received C.C.S. validation on 8 November 1996. But a medical board met on 8 April 1999 and did not vote in favor of the miracle. Another miracle uncovered witnessed another investigation that concluded on 3 October 2013 and received C.C.S. validation on 21 February 2014. Pope Francis approved the miracle on 8 July 2016 which shall allow for Lacase's beatification to take place on 22 April 2017.
The current postulator assigned to this cause is Sr. María del Carmen Trejo Delgado.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Venerable Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase". Saints SQPN. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Father Luis Antonio Ormières" (in Spanish). Sisters of the Guardian Angel. Retrieved 8 July 2016.