Father Eust\u00e1quio arrived in Belo Horizonte in April 1942. A little over a year later, in May 1943, the Dutch priest presented the community with a model of the future Mother Church, now the Sanctuary of Health and Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The construction of a new church was necessary due to the high demand for Father Eust\u00e1quio, which exceeded the capacity of the church where he served, the Cristo Rei Chapel, of the old parish of S\u00e3o Domingos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the construction of the new parish, land was donated by the then mayor of Belo Horizonte, Juscelino Kubitschek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cornerstone of the main church was laid by Father Eust\u00e1quio in May 1943. On that occasion, the Blessed Father gave a homily speaking about the choice of the Sacred Hearts to be the patron saints of the place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs titular patrons of the Church, we have chosen the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, so that we may better fulfill our vocation of spreading devotion to the Sacred Hearts and adoring and making reparation to the Divine Hidden Sacrament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sermon by Father Eust\u00e1quio at the laying of the foundation stone of the Main Church on May 16, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Padre Eust\u00e1quio chegou a Belo Horizonte em Abril de 1942. Pouco mais de um ano depois, em Maio de 1943, o padre holand\u00eas apresentou \u00e0 comunidade a maquete da futura Igreja Matriz, hoje o Santu\u00e1rio da Sa\u00fade e da Paz. A constru\u00e7\u00e3o de uma igreja nova era necess\u00e1ria gra\u00e7as a procura das pessoas por Padre Eust\u00e1quio, que era muito grande, ultrapassando a capacidade da igreja onde ele servia, a Capela Cristo Rei, da antiga par\u00f3quia de S\u00e3o Domingos. Para a constru\u00e7\u00e3o da nova par\u00f3quia, um terreno foi doado pelo ent\u00e3o prefeito de Belo Horizonte, Juscelino Kubitschek. A pedra fundamental da […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n