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Maria Esperanza and the Grace of Betania

Name: Maria Esperanza and the Grace of Betania
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ISBN: 9780990890706

Timothy E. Byerley

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Maria Esperanza and the Grace of God's plan for healing the family and society in the third millennium by Father Timothy E. Byerley. This biography details the life of Maria Esperanza Medrano Bianchini, a Venezuelan wife, mother and mystic who was at the center of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Batania, Venezuela, which were approved by the Church in 1987. She died in 2004 and her Canonization Cause was opened in 2010. These pages reveal the essence of Maria Esperanza, describing her human and mystical personality, and the spirituality of Betania. This book will help many to rediscover the value of family life and of the Catholic faith, and to help for a reconciled world.

376 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

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Timothy E. Byerley

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Father Byerley studied at Mount St. Mary, Emmitsburg, Md., and St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia. He was ordained on May 25, 1985.

He served as pastor at Mary, Queen of All Saints Parish, Pennsauken, from October 2013-June 2016; and St. John Vianney Parish, Deptford, from 2004-10. He has been parochial vicar at St. Jude, Blackwood (1985-88); St. Peter, Merchantville (1988-93); Mary, Mother of the Church, Bellmawr (1993-94); St. Pius X, Cherry Hill (1994-2000); and Our Lady of Grace, Somerdale (2000-01). He also served as administrator of Our Lady of Grace, 2003-04.

Father Byerley also serves as vice-postulator for the beatification cause of Maria Esperanza, a visionary and the central figure in the Marian apparitions at Betania, Venezuela, which were approved by the Catholic Church in 1987.

Father Timothy E. Byerley has served as pastor of Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church, in Merchantville, NJ, since 2016.

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