The Archive · 1937

Miracle at Eucharistic Congress

Manila, Feb. 6.

A Filipino youth startled spec-talers at the children's services of the Eucharistic Congress here this moming by dramatically crawling 400 yds. down the main aisle in the centre of the Luneta to the Congress aller where he fell prostrated In prayer.

This afternoon the youth identi-fed himself as Vidal Vergara, a senior at the Philippines Normal School, and said that Physicians had been unable to help him since he fast his speech six years ago because of ealarrh. Last year he said he made a vow that if God, returned his speech, "he would during the Eucharistic Congress imitate Christ's saerifcial journey to the cross. "Gradually, he asserted, +he regained hug speech late last year.

"ty believe it is all the work of God," the youth asserted. "God came into my life to restore my voice. Henceforth I will be de-vently religious,"—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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