“He was my student for four periods in theology course at the College of St. Benedict, in downtown Rio. He was very humble, very quiet, simple and disciplined person.<\/span> With his quiet way, not to be different from anyone else, he related well with the whole class and was always a reference” said the Bishop.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 Bishop Nelson said his first contact with Guido was in St. Mark’s Parish, in Barra da Tijuca, where he was pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n photo from the official facebook page.<\/p><\/div>\n “Guido had many friends in our parish and always came to minister and to preach in the prayer group.<\/span> He was a young, quite focused and not lost in silly discussions.<\/span> He was precise on issues related to Catholic doctrine and orthodoxy, and simply sought to get along with everyone and deal well with the differences,” Bishop Nelson said.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bishop stressed his satisfaction at the opening of the beatification process and by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in so many people.<\/span><\/p>\n “It is a great joy to know that we live, play and talk with a candidate for sainthood.<\/span> It is worthy to praise and to bless God for it.<\/span> For we are part of the Church of Christ that specifically is holy.<\/span> There are many ‘Guidos’ in our pastoral work.<\/span> Our youth are holy.<\/span> This gives a great mood, we are taken by a great excitement,” the bishop expressed Bishop Don Nelson stressed that he sees this recognition not only in the merit of a person, but the holiness of the Church.<\/span><\/p>\n “I do not see a personalism, but the ecclesial element.<\/span> With great thanksgiving, contemplating our Church which is holy too.<\/span> We can not forget that.<\/span> It is worth investing in youth, protecting our young people and allowing them to live in an atmosphere of holiness.<\/span> Today, we see the issue of drugs, promiscuity and commercial exploitation stifling the ideals of our youth.<\/span> You need to highlight good examples and remind them that we are not alone, we are part of a communion of saints.<\/span> It’s worth dreaming about, suffering for and loving the Church, “he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova Newsroom, with ACI Digital The Bishop of the city of Valencia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira, was teacher to the young seminarian Guido Schaffer, of whom began recently the opening of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15271],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16036,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions\/16036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/canais\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/11\/guido_surfista_.jpg\")
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