This ceremony will complete the canonization process and Mother Marianne will be venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
KHON2 WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THE HISTORIC EVENT AT THE VATICAN.
The Sisters of St. Francis officially petitioned Pope Paul VI to open the cause for Mother Marianne’s canonization in 1974. The following year, Sister Mary Laurence Hanley was appointed the cause’s full-time director. In 1983 Mother Marianne’s cause was officially registered at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
"Since notification of the Holy Father’s proclamation in December announcing that Blessed Marianne would be canonized a saint, we have been in joyful anticipation of hearing the date. Learning the date for the canonization ceremony completes the cycle of 37 years of efforts to get us to this moment. We now go forward in joyful anticipation with the next steps of planning," said Sister Patricia Burkard, general minister of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities.
More info on Mother Marianne Cope: Saint Marianne Cope website
Seawind Tours & Travel, Inc. is the official travel agency for the "Canonization of Mother Marianne Cope Tour" with Bishop Larry Silva. The official tour includes a variety of festivities and activities in Syracuse, New York and Rome and Florence, Italy.
More details can be found here: The Canonization of Mother Marianne Cope Official Tour Website
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