{"id":26936,"date":"2012-04-11T19:23:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T23:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/fra-andrew-berties-study-in-th\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:15:09","slug":"fra-andrew-berties-study-in-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/fra-andrew-berties-study-in-th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fra’ Andrew Bertie’s study in the cause for beatification opened"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"Andrew<\/a>The Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta has informed\u00a0its members that the process to study toward the\u00a0beatification of the former Grand Master and Prince, Fra’ Andrew Willoughby\u00a0Ninian Bertie<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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His Most Eminent Highness, Fra’ Andrew died in Rome on February 7, 2008 at 78\u00a0years (he was born May 15, 1929). Berite was admitted to the Order in 1956 and\u00a0was the 78th head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta<\/a>, the successor of Blessed Gerard.\u00a0Fra’ Andrew was the\u00a0youngest son of the 7th Earl of Abigngdon; both sides of his family has royal\u00a0ties through the centuries. Bertie was educated at Ampleforth Abbey School,\u00a0Christ Church, Oxford and at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the\u00a0University of London. He taught French and Spanish for 23 years at the Worth\u00a0Abbey School, run by the Benedictine monks.<\/span><\/p>\n
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In April 1988, Andrew Bertie was\u00a0elected the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di\u00a0Cologna. It is long known that Fra’Andrew was followed closely the official
\nmotto of the order is Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum<\/b><\/i>, “Defense of the Faith\u00a0and Service of the Poor.”\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Several years ago the Order of Malta was credited to
\nhaving about 13, 000 Knights and Dames, 80,000 volunteers (15,000 trained as doctors and nurses), and a presence in 200 hospitals. The Order has an official presence in 120\u00a0countries. I am sure the data could be updated.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Fra’ James-Michael von Strobel has been charged to compile a list of\u00a0persons in the United States who knew Fra’ Andrew and would support favorably\u00a0this cause.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Please contact Fra’ James-Michael if you care to give support in\u00a0this endeavor. jmvonstroebel@hotmail.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Fra’ Andrew and praised “the work of this man of\u00a0culture and of his generous commitment in the fulfillment of his high office,\u00a0especially in favor of those most in need, and for his love for the Church and\u00a0for his luminous testimony of the principles of the Gospel.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fra’ Andrew was succeeded by Fra’ Matthew Festing.<\/span><\/div>\n
\"Enhanced<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta has informed\u00a0its members that the process to study toward the\u00a0beatification of the former Grand Master and Prince, Fra’ Andrew Willoughby\u00a0Ninian Bertie. \u00a0 His Most Eminent Highness, Fra’ Andrew died in Rome on February 7, 2008 at 78\u00a0years (he was born May 15, 1929). Berite was admitted to … Continue reading Fra’ Andrew Bertie’s study in the cause for beatification opened<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32383,22],"tags":[2952,2744,2681],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36737,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936\/revisions\/36737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}