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THE MIRACLE FOR THE BEATIFICATION The Venerable Father James Alberione was born on April 4, 1884, in San Lorenzo di Fossano, in the province of Cuneo, Northern Italy to a family of farmers. Ordained priest in 1907, he fervently dedicated himself to pastoral ministry and to the training of the students of the minor seminary and clerics of the Major Seminary of Alba. Then he consecrated himself to the evangelization of the world through the apostolate of the media of social communication. So that Christ the Master, the Way, Truth, and Life might enter the hearts of people, in society, and in the world, he undertook an intense priestly activity and founded "the marvelous Pauline Family," made up of five religious congregations: Society of St. Paul (1914), Daughters of St. Paul (1915), Pious Disciples of the Divine Master (1924), Sisters of Jesus Good Shepherd (1938), Sisters of Mary Queen of the Apostles (1957); four institutes for lay men and women: Our Lady of the Annunciation and St. Gabriel the Archangel (1958), and the Institute of Jesus Priest and Institute of the Holy Family (1959); one association of lay cooperators, with solemn promises, founded in 1917. Furthermore, he gave life to other pious unions and associations. Venerable James Alberione lived until the age of 87. Having accomplished the work that the heavenly Father had given him, he left this earth on November 26, 1971 at 6:25 P.M. to occupy his place in the Father’s house. Father Alberione was comforted during his last hours on earth by the visit and benediction of Pope Paul VI, who never concealed his admiration and veneration for Father Alberione. On June 25, 1996, the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II declared that the Servant of God, Father Alberione, exercised in a heroic degree the theological, cardinal, and related virtues. In view of his beatification, the Postulator of the Cause has subjected to the judgment of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints the alleged miraculous healing of Maria Librada Gonzalez Rodriguez, of the Institute of Our Lady of the Annunciation, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on September 7, 1931. On April 4, 1989, due to a fall, she had a trauma to her right foot that forced her to immobility due to a plaster cast. On April 29, of the same year, she was urgently admitted to a hospital in Guadalajara where she stayed for twelve days due to respiratory problems caused by pulmonary tromboembolism. Two days after she was released from the hospital, she had to be admitted again due to atrial fibrillation associated with a serious breathing difficulty, which was followed, on May 19, by an embolic vascular-cerebral accident that caused paralysis of her face and the rest of half her body, along with aphasia. The next day, May 20, 1989, subject to a new respiratory crisis more serious than the preceding and lasting for thirty minutes, associated with strong shoulder pain, Maria Librada Gonzalez Rodriguez felt she was dying. She then prayed for divine help through the intercession of the Venerable Father James Alberione. Instantly, she recovered her ability to breathe normally, allowing the removal of the oxygen supply. On May 25, she was released from the intensive care unit. The healing, immediately considered miraculous, was subjected, in 1994, to a Diocesan Inquiry of the Guadalajara Curia. It was recognized as juridically valid by the Congregation of the Causes of Saints with the Decree of November 10, 1995. The Consulta Medica, during its session on February 14, 2002, recognized that the healing was relatively speedy, complete, lasting and unexplainable in terms of current medical and technical knowledge. On September 6, of the same year, the Peculiar Congress of Theological Consultors was held and, on the following October 15, the ordinary Session of Cardinals and Bishops took place, with His Excellency Msgr. Andrea Maria Erba, Bishop of Velletri-Segni, as Proponent of the Cause. On December 20, 2002, the Holy Father read the Decree for the Beatification of Venerable Father James Alberione, the solemnity of whose proclamation and inscription to the Roman Martyriology will be held at the Piazza San Pietro after the Feast of Easter 2003. Fr. Gino Valtora, SSP
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