{"id":1250,"date":"2011-11-12T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/12\/kenya-kec-appoints-new-postulator-for\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:41:17","slug":"kenya-kec-appoints-new-postulator-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/12\/kenya-kec-appoints-new-postulator-for\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: KEC appoints the new postulator for the beatification process of the servant of God Maurice Cardinal Otunga."},"content":{"rendered":"
Kenya Episcopal Conference has appointed Dr. Waldery Hilgeman a New Postulator for the beatification process of the servant of God the Late Michael Maurice Otunga. <\/div>\n
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Dr. Waldery Hilgeman, a 30-year old Dutch layman who works and resides in Rome Italy has been appointed postulator for the beatification process of the servant of God the Late Michael Maurice Otunga. <\/div>\n
He takes over from the late Fr. Joseph Belagamba who passed on in August this year. <\/div>\n
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Dr. Waldery\u2019s appointment was already approved by the Holy See. He is a doctor in Canon Law and currently supervises nineteen (19) causes of beatification processes, four of which are in East Africa; two in Uganda, one in Tanzania and one in Kenya.<\/div>\n
Among the 19 causes of the beatification processes Dr. Waldery is involved in and which has been successfully completed is the beatification process of Maria De Loudes Guarda from Brazil. The process was concluded two weeks ago when Maria was pronounced Venerable as the people of her country waits for a miracle which is a requirement for a person to be pronounced Blessed.<\/div>\n
Other than his engagement in the beatification process, Dr. Waldery is working in Rome as a defender of bonds. He will be coordinating the whole process with the assistance of a vice-postulator, Br. Reginald D. Cruz, CFX, who is a lecturer at Tangaza College where he teaches Church History and Spirituality.<\/div>\n
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At the Holy Family Basilica hundreds of Christians congregated on the morning of 11 November 2011 to celebrate solemn mass and to witness the First Session of the Archdiocese inquiry for the cause of beatification Process of the Servant of God the Late Michael Maurice Cardinal Otunga.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The procedure for the first session involved the following:<\/div>\n