Fernando Suarez

Fr. Fernando Suarez, Santuario de San Vicente de Paul.

Father Fernando Suarez (born February 7, 1967) is a Filipino Catholic priest who performs faith healing in the Philippines and elsewhere.[1]

Mary Mother of the Poor

MMP is a non-profit, tax exempt charitable organization of Catholic religious and lay persons in the US, Canada and the Philippines, founded by Suarez and Father Jeff Shannon.[2]

Healing ministry

On January 11, 2008, Manila Cardinal Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales officiated the celebration of the Mass which started the three-day, 40-hour vigil at Suarez' Batangas City Montemaria mega-shrine. Hundreds of devotees and the sick gathered.[3]

Suarez, 44, announced his return to and resumption of his alleged healing in the Philippines on May, 2008.[4]

On January 26, 2008, 2 died and 7 were rushed (due to exhaustion) to James Gordon Hospital, Olongapo City while waiting for Suarez' healing Mass. Juanito Eleazar, 69, died of a heart attack amid more than 15,000 worshippers having lined up.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Manila Standard".
  2. ↑ "Ministry to the Poor Programs". marymotherofthepoor.org. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  3. ↑ abs-cbnnews.com, Bandila (Filipino language), 40-oras na vigil, healing Mass ni Fr. Suarez, dinagsa
  4. ↑ "'Healing' priest returning to RP this month".
  5. ↑ gmanews.tv/video, 2 die of exhaustion while waiting for Fr. Suarez healing Mass - 26 January 2008 (in Filipino)
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