Card. Newman, Sister Thresia of
India and 3 others soon to be saints
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| Cardinal John Henry Newman |
Pope Francis is holding an Ordinary Public Consistory on
July 1 to vote on the canonization of five Blesseds.
By Robin Gomes
Pope Francis has called an Ordinary Public Consistory of
Cardinals in Rome next week to decide on the canonization of five Blesseds,
including Cardinal John Henry Newman of England and
Sister Mariam Thresia of India.
The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme
Pontiff released a note on Thursday saying the Pope will preside over the
celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours and an Ordinary Public Consistory in
the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on July 1 for the canonization of the following:
- English Cardinal John Henry Newman, founder of the Oratory
of Saint Philip Neri in England;
- Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini (born
Giuditta Adelaide Agata), founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus;
- Indian Sister Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder
of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family;
- Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes (born
Maria Rita) of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate
Conception of the Mother of God;
- Marguerite Bays of Switzerland, virgin of
the Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Pope Francis on February 12 authorized the promulgation of
decrees regarding a miracle each attributed to the intercession of Cardinal
Newman and Sr. Maria Teresa, clearing them for sainthood.
Cardinal Newman will soon become Britain's first
new saint since the canonization of St. John Ogilvie by Pope Saint Paul VI in
1976. The previous group of English saints, 40 martyrs of the
Reformation, were declared saints in 1970.
Born in London on 21 February 1801 and died in Edgbaston on
11 August 1890, Card. Newman was an Anglican priest who later converted and
became a Catholic priest and cardinal. The noted theologian and poet was
an important figure in the religious history of England of his time.
He was one of the leading figures of the Oxford Movement
that originated at Oxford University in 1833, which sought to link the Anglican
Church more closely to the Roman Catholic Church. He is revered by both the
Catholic as well as the Anglican Churches.
As a Catholic priest, he founded the Oratory of St. Philip
Neri in Edgbaston, England.
Pope Benedict XVI beatified Cardinal Newman on 19 September
2010, in Birmingham, England.
One of the best known works of Card. Newman is the hymn and
poem, “Lead kindly light.”
Sister Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, a member
of the India-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, was born in Puthenchira on 26
April 1876 and died in Kuzhikkattussery on 8 June 1926.
She is known for her extraordinary charity, with a
preferential love for the poorest of the poor.
She was declared venerable on 28 June 1999, and was
beatified on 9 April 2000, by Pope St. John Paul II in Rome.
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