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Thursday, July 05, 2007
Bishop of Tenerife to visit Saint's tomb
Image of Hermano Pedro inside the cave that bears his name. Photo: WesisnayThe Bishop of the Diosis of Tenerife, Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, is to visit Guatemala (specifically, La Antigua) between July 24th and August 1st, to visit the tomb of Saint Hermano Pedro (in the San Francisco El Grande Church), in celebration of the fifth anniversary of Hermano Pedro's canonization, on July 30th, 2002.
Accompanying the Bishop on this pilgrimage will be the Mayoress of La Laguna, Ana Oramas, as well as the Mayors of Arico, Eladio Morales, and of Vilaflor, Manuel Fumero García, plus a group of around sixty other people from the island.
One of the Bishop's principal objectives is to meet with the people of Guatemala, particularly the indigenous population, to whom material aid is being given, via the social works carried out by the orders that Hermano Pedro helped to set up to serve the needs of the poor and needy.
Hermano Perdro, was born in Vilaflor in Tenerife, in 1626, where he worked as a goat herder, travelling a route between his home in Tenerife's highest village and the cave that bears his name, near the coast: a route which has now become a pilgrimage itself on the island. When he emigrated to the missions in America, he began his works for the poor that earned him his canonization as the "first Guatemalan and Tenerifean saint."
El obispo de Tenerife viajará a Guatemala para peregrinar a la tumba del Santo Hermano Pedro
