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The Beatification & Canonisation of Catherine McAuley

The Process of declaring someone a Saint, is long and often arduous.
There are three stages: The Person is declared "Venerable" - then "Blessed" - then "Saint".
Catherine McAuley was declared "Venerable" on April 9th. 1990.
The process to have her proclaimed "Blessed" then began
and is described in the pages that follow below.



Towards the Canonisation of our Foundress: Ven. Catherine McAuley
Updated March 2011

The Canonization Process by Sister Brenda Dolphin RSM
Catherine's Life & Spirituality
Petition to Pope Benedict

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