{"id":4067,"date":"2019-03-20T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15.188.244.8.xip.io\/the-opening-of-the-beatification-process-of-the-first-member-of-the-neocatechumenal-way\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T09:58:08","slug":"the-opening-of-the-beatification-process-of-the-first-member-of-the-neocatechumenal-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/the-opening-of-the-beatification-process-of-the-first-member-of-the-neocatechumenal-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The opening of the beatification process of the first member of the Neocatechumenal Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After several years, the diocesan phase of beatification of \nMarta Obreg\u00f3n, the young woman murdered in 1992 by the so-called \u201celevator rapist”. The meeting took place on January 22, 2019 at the Faculty \nof Theology of Northern Spain (Sede Burgos). In it, participated the \narchbishop, monsignor Fidel Herr\u00e1ez Vegas; the diocesan postulator of the \ncause of beatification, Saturnino L\u00f3pez Santidri\u00e1n; as well as the judge \ndelegate for the cause, Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez C\u00e1mara; the promoter of Justice \nfrom the archbishopric, Jes\u00fas Manuel Val Ballesteros; and a notary, Rafael \nMarried Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n

The documentation collected by the diocese of Burgos has been sent to the Holy See, where a commission is already overseeing the case.<\/p>\n\n

For your interest, we reproduce the following information published in the Spanish newspaper ABC:<\/p>\n\n

Marta Obreg\u00f3n, the young woman from Burgos murdered by the “elevator rapist”, heads to the altars<\/p>\n\n

ABC, 02\/11\/2019<\/p>\n\n

Today the cause for the beatification of a young woman whose exemplary life and defense of virtue endorses a canonical process that started in the Diocese in 2011<\/p>\n\n

MONTSE SERRADOR<\/p>\n\n

“If I could set an example with my life …” \nThese are words that the young Marta Obreg\u00f3n left written without even imagining that her wishes would be fulfilled and, even more so, that years later \nafter her tragic death, a beatification process would begin to \ntake her to the altars. Marta was assassinated on January 21, 1992 by \nPedro Luis Gallego, known as the \u201celevator rapist\u201d, who \nwould also end the life of Leticia \nLeveret, months after in Valladolid . The young woman from Burgos had spent the afternoon of that fateful day studying at a youth center in the capital and, after dedicating a \ntime for prayer in the chapel, she left for her home. In the lobby, \nshe was approached by her killer.<\/p>\n\n

Her body appeared six days later covered in snow, on the outskirts of the city, lacerated by 14 \nstabbings and with evident signs of having resisted what ended up being the inevitable.<\/p>\n\n

Those who attended the wake did not leave Marta’s face unnoticed, \u201cher sweetness and serenity, only possible in someone who has forgiven \u201d, assured a time later the mother \nof the young woman. A few words confirmed by the police who participated in the \ncase and found the body inert: “It is the first time I have seen a face so full of peace \u201d. So , years later a path began aimed at recognizing the virtues of the young woman, her lifestyle and her tragic death, trying to defend the virtue of chastity. She was \nabout to finish her journalism studies, she was able to take her first small assignments in \nBurgos and even had a boyfriend. However, before a heartless man \ncrossed her path, she had already shown her desire to lead another life, \nand spend some time as a missionary with the Neocatechumenal movement to which she belonged. The option of the consecrated life was also in her mind, as recalled in several \ntrips to the Poor Clares Monastery of Lerma.<\/p>\n\n

Today, 27 years after her death, 114 documents (800 pages) from the diocesan process of \nbeatification of Marta Obreg\u00f3n, which started in 2011 from the postulator in the cause, Saturnino L\u00f3pez Santidri\u00e1n, who will be in charge of depositing them to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n\n

Up to 20 favors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

A work in progress of eight years, in which reports ranging from Marta’s own biographical data and the circumstances of her death, even testimonies from those who \nknew her, as well as by the people who claim to have received \n“favors” thanks to the intercession of the young woman, in the form of cures or \nsolutions to complicated family situations. Up to 20 “grants” of \nthese characteristics are provided in the documents. You have to keep in \nmind that in this process of beatification, it is not necessary for there to be \na miracle, as it looks merely for confirmation of the martyrdom of the \nfuture blessed. So if it is achieved, it is considered to be directly \nunited to the Paschal Mystery, as Saturnino L\u00f3pez explained.<\/p>\n\n

Whether “favors” or miracles, the truth is that the documentation that arrives to Rome today includes up to 20 cases of people who claim to have been cured of their disease by \nMarta’s intercession – including the case of a child with a cancer that \nwas in full metastasis and that has been cured – or that have seen a way out \nof complicated family situations, mostly with young people and \nadolescents as protagonists.<\/p>\n\n

One would actually have to go back to 2007 to, in \nthe hands of the then archbishop of Burgos, Francisco Gil Hell\u00edn, \nfind the beginning of a cause that started thanks to a letter that he \nreceived from someone who knew her, Montserrat Agust\u00ed, friend of the mother and \nmember years after the Beatification Commission. The prelate, \nafter consulting the bishops of the ecclesiastical province, \nasked Rome for permission to start the process. In 2010, the founder \nof the Neocatechumenal Way, Kiko Arg\u00fcello, offered as promoter of the \ncause – would be the first blessed of this Catholic community – so that \nthis process was officially opened on June 14, 2011. Up to 50 witnesses \nhave testified during this time before a diocesan court consisting of \nthe episcopal delegate, a promoter of justice and two notaries of the \ndiocese. There has also been a historic commission.<\/p>\n\n

With all the documentation , a “Positio”, which is a kind of summary of the cause, will be \nanalyzed by nine expert theologians appointed by the Holy See, where \nDr. Silvia Correale will act as postulator. There will be a new report that will later go to the Consistory of Bishops and Cardinals where they will transfer their opinion to the Holy Father to make a final decision.<\/p>\n\n

Marta Obreg\u00f3n could then become one of the few blessed to whom martyrdom is recognized \nfor preserving their chastity. Her eath occurred precisely on the feast of Saint Agnes, a Roman virgin martyred for the same cause, according to Saturnino L\u00f3pez . The young woman from Burgos received 14 stab wounds, the same as Santa Maria Goretti, an Italian girl of 12 \nyears old, also canonized for this very reason. They are coincidences that, for \nmany are signs that add to the life of holiness of this believer murdered in Burgos in 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After several years, the diocesan phase of beatification of Marta Obreg\u00f3n, the young woman murdered in 1992 by the so-called \u201celevator rapist”. The meeting took place on January 22, 2019 at the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain (Sede Burgos). In it, participated the archbishop, monsignor Fidel Herr\u00e1ez Vegas; the diocesan postulator of the cause of beatification, Saturnino L\u00f3pez Santidri\u00e1n; as well as the judge delegate for the cause, Pablo<\/p>\n

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