Report a Favour | Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C.

Servant of God Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C.

Report a Favour Received

Graces received through the intercession of Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. are part of the living testimony the Church examines in its canonical process. Your witness matters.

I · Why Report

Your account becomes part of the canonical record

Favours received through Bishop McCauley's intercession, when reported to the Vice Postulator, become part of the official ecclesiastical file forwarded to Rome. The Church depends on the faithful to bring forward these accounts.

II · What Qualifies

Any grace attributed to his intercession

Physical healing, spiritual conversion, peace in grief, answered prayer, protection from danger: all are worth recording. Small favours matter. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints considers the full range of reported graces.

III · Confidentiality

Held under canonical discretion

All submissions are treated with pastoral care. Personal details are never published without your explicit written consent. Anonymous accounts are accepted, though named testimonies carry greater canonical weight.

Submission Form

Tell Us What Occurred

Complete all required fields. Write as fully as you are able. The more detail you provide, the more useful your account will be to the canonical inquiry.

A · About You

Your contact details are optional for anonymous reports. If you ask the office to follow up, provide an email address.

First Name

Family Name

Email Address Required only if you request follow-up. Used by the Vice Postulator's office for that purpose.

Phone Number

Country / Region ^*

Diocese or Parish

B · The Favour Received

Describe the grace in your own words. Be as specific as possible about what occurred and when.

Nature of the Favour ^*

Date of the Favour ^* Month and year are sufficient; the exact day is not required.

Location of the Favour

Your Account ^* Write fully and freely. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints values first-hand, detailed accounts over brief summaries.

How You Sought His Intercession

C · Medical or Professional Corroboration

For favours involving physical healing, independent documentation strengthens the canonical case. Please indicate what evidence is available.

Supporting Documentation Available

Medical records or clinical reports confirming the condition and recovery Written statement from a physician or specialist Laboratory tests or imaging results from before and after Named witnesses who can corroborate the account No documentation: the favour is spiritual or interior in nature

Physician or Specialist (if applicable) The Vice Postulator's office may contact them only with your permission.

D · Consent & Declaration

Please read the statement below and indicate your consent before continuing.

This report is voluntary and intended for the Cause for Beatification of Servant of God Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. Any information submitted should be handled by the Office of the Vice Postulator, Diocese of Fort Portal, under canonical confidentiality and applicable data protection requirements. It should not be published without your explicit written consent.

Contact Preference ^*

I consent to the Vice Postulator's office contacting me for further details if needed. I prefer to remain anonymous; please record this account without contacting me.

I declare that this account is truthful to the best of my knowledge and that I am submitting it in good faith for the purposes of the canonical process.

Fields marked ^* are required. This page needs a secure submission service before it can send reports to the Vice Postulator's office.

Vice Postulator's Office

Office of the Vice Postulator

Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda

Address P.O. Box 56, Fort Portal, Uganda

Email cause@fortportaldiocese.org

Also Holy Cross Province of East Africa

Web bp-vincentmccauley.org

What Happens Next

1 Your account is received and logged in the canonical register by the Vice Postulator's office.

2 A member of the office may contact you for additional details or supporting documents if you consent to follow-up.

3 Accounts meeting canonical criteria may be forwarded to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome.

4 Medical favours may involve review by Church-appointed physicians.

Privacy & Confidentiality

Anonymous reports are possible if you leave contact fields blank and choose the anonymous contact preference. Do not include details you do not want to share. A secure submission service is needed before this page can transmit your information.

Official Prayer

Prayer for Beatification

For the Beatification of Servant of God Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C.

Grant that the Church may recognize the holiness of Servant of God Bishop Vincent Joseph McCauley for his Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Missionary Zeal and his Service of others.

God, our Father, you sent Vincent J. McCauley to be our Pastor and Bishop. Grant, we pray you, that his soul may enter eternal life in heaven. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Imprimatur: + Serapio B. Magambo, Bishop of Fort Portal, 27 January 1983

Selected Testimonies from the Positio

Drawn from approximately 100 formal witnesses across East Africa and Bengal

Ever gentle and generous, ready to receive with sincere love every rank of people. His door was never closed.

Bishop Serapio Magambo

Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda

Whatever unity we bishops in Eastern Africa have, we owe it to Bishop McCauley. He held us together when we had no reason to believe we could.

Cardinal Maurice Otunga

Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya

On All Saints Day, November 1, 1982, a valiant man of God died, but a saint was born.

Fr. John Croston, C.S.C.

Congregation of Holy Cross

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Bishop McCauley bore the Cross in body and spirit for nearly fifty years. The faithful of Uganda, Bangladesh, and the wider Church continue to seek his intercession.

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