Father Eust\u00e1quio's time in Po\u00e1, S\u00e3o Paulo, is marked by several important events. One of them, dating from 1936, is the construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes (a replica of the one located in France). It is from this place that news of the first miracles attributed to the religious figure's intercession originates. See what an excerpt from the book 'The Vicar of Po\u00e1', by Father Ven\u00e2ncio Hullselmans, recounts:<\/p>\n
\u2018Among the enormous amount of luggage he brought back from his vacation in Holland, there was also a jug containing the precious liquid he so longed for: genuine Lourdes Water.
\nHe waited until the new house was finished and the grotto was built to begin the campaign!
\nHe poured half the jug into the tank behind the grotto, mixing the Lourdes Water with ordinary water (...)'\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018'The people of Po\u00e1 began a small pilgrimage, religiously seeking water from the tap at the grotto. It had to be miraculous water, because what Father Eust\u00e1quio said couldn't be a lie.'.
\nHowever, the effects of this Lourdes water were not very encouraging (\u2026)'\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Finally, after two years of mixing, he himself had scruples about the authenticity of the water and, so as not to leave the people under the illusion that they were seeking miraculous water, he announced in the church that the Lourdes water had run out, but that he, personally, would bless the water in the tank so that they could continue to seek it, for it was holy water.
\nTo his great astonishment, this water accomplished what the other had never been able to. It brought him a veritable pilgrimage, and not only in Po\u00e1, but throughout the surrounding area, the fame of the water spread as if it were miraculous.\u2019<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A passagem de Padre Eust\u00e1quio por Po\u00e1-SP, \u00e9 marcada por diversos fatos importantes. Um deles, datado de 1936, \u00e9 a constru\u00e7\u00e3o da Gruta de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes (uma r\u00e9plica da que est\u00e1 localizada na Fran\u00e7a). \u00c9 deste lugar de onde se t\u00eam as not\u00edcias dos primeiros milagres atribu\u00eddos \u00e0 intercess\u00e3o do religioso. Veja o que conta um trecho do livro ‘O Vig\u00e1rio de Po\u00e1’, do padre Ven\u00e2ncio Hullselmans: ‘Entre a enorme quantidade de bagagem que trouxe das f\u00e9rias na Holanda, achava-se tamb\u00e9m um garraf\u00e3o com o l\u00edquido precioso t\u00e3o almejado: verdadeira \u00c1gua-de-Lourdes. Esperou o acabamento da casa nova e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n