The cause of canonization of the venerable servant of God Enrique Shaw, husband, father and Argentine businessman remembered for his vocation of service and his narrow link with the working class, took another step in the Vatican on Tuesday.
After in January of this year, the miracle attributed to its intercession exceeded the medical instance, this Tuesday, June 17, the theologian commission also approved it unanimously, as confirmed by the vicepostulator of the cause, Mons. Santiago Olivera, to the agency Aica.
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“Enrique Shaw’s cause has already passed the first instance that was the medical consultation and now the theologian experts, who study the sentences addressed to the ‘candidate’ and the fruits of the same, expressed on Tuesday the unanimous opinion about prayer asking for the grace of healing,” explained the prelate, encouraging to continue praying “with renewed faith and trust.”
Mons. Olivera is in Rome, where before the verdict of the theological commission, he maintained a private hearing with the Holy Father, who could comment on this cause of canonization. In an interview with the “In Code Grote” program, the Argentine bishop also gave details about the meeting.
“I could talk about several causes, and I told him about Enrique Shaw, and gave me a lot of joy. I told him that today the theological commission was gathered (…) I said: then if God wants, he will go to the ordinary commission of cardinals and bishops, and then you, if you consider it, you will have to sign, and we will have a new blessed, and smiled,” the prelate said.
Who was Enrique Shaw?
Enrique Shaw was born on February 26, 1921, already his four years was a mother orphan. Fulfilling his wife’s request, his father trusted his son’s formation to a priest.
He attended his primary studies at the Salle College and then entered the Naval Military School, where he discovered his apostolic vocation.
In 1943 he married Cecilia Bunge, and had 9 children. Removed from the Navy in 1945, decided to be a worker, but a priest advised him and leaned for business, a vocation that would bear great fruits.
Not only was he delegated director of Rigolleau crystallies, with an exemplary testimony of concern and closeness with employees, but he was also one of the founders and the first president of the Christian Association of Business Leaders, which until today is in force, putting a human look on work.
Shaw integrated the first board of directors of the UCA, worked to form the Argentine Catholic Action (ACA) and the Christian Family Movement (MFC) and promoted the sanction of the Family Assignments Law.
Being still very young, he got sick of cancer, and when he needed blood transfusions, it was his own workers who offered to donate for him. He died on August 27, 1962, at 41.
In April 2021, Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of the decree that recognizes the heroic virtues of the venerable businessman, faithful and father of a large family.
In January of this year 2025 the miracle attributed to its intercession exceeded the medical instance and this Tuesday received the approval of the Theological Commission.
More information in www.enriqueshaw.com or by email to cshaw@acde.org.ar.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.