{"id":1564,"date":"2007-06-04T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/decrees.html"},"modified":"2007-06-04T22:48:05","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T22:48:05","slug":"decrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/decrees.html","title":{"rendered":"Decrees"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Congregation of the Causes of Saints:<\/a><\/p>\n

MIRACLES<\/strong> <\/p>\n

– Blessed Alfonsa of the Immaculate Conception (nee: Anna Muttathupandathu), Indian professed sister of the Congregation of Poor Clares of the Third Order of St. Francis (1910-1946). <\/p>\n

– Blessed Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran,<\/a> Ecuadorian lay woman (1833-1869). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Antonio Rosmini, Italian priest and founder of the Institute of Charity and of the Sisters of Providence (1791-1855). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Mary Merkert, Polish religious, co-foundress and first superior general of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth (1817- 1872). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Josepha (nee Hendrina Stenmanns), German religious and co- foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (1852-1903). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Celestina of the Mother of God (nee Maria Anna Donati), Italian foundress of the Congregation of the Poor Sisters of St. Joseph Calasanzio (1848-1925). <\/p>\n

MARTYRDOM<\/strong> <\/p>\n

– Servants of God Peter Kibe Kasui, Japanese priest of the Company of Jesus and 187 companions (priests, religious and laity), killed in Japan between 1603 and 1639. <\/p>\n

– Servants of God Avelino Rodriguez Alonso, Spanish priest of the Order of St. Augustine, 97 companions of the same order and six companions of the diocesan clergy, killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. <\/p>\n

– Servants of God Manuela of the Heart of Jesus (nee Manuela Arriola Uranga) and 22 companions of the Institute of Handmaidens Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Frank Jagerstatter, <\/a>Austrian layman, born 1907 and killed in Berlin, Germany in 1943. <\/p>\n

HEROIC VIRTUES<\/strong> <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Giovanni Battista Arista, Italian bishop of Acireale and member of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri (1863-1920). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Jean-Joseph (ne Alcide Lataste), French priest of the Order of Friars Preachers and founder of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic of Betania (1832-1869). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Francesco Maria Perez, Italian professed religious of the Congregation of the Poor Servants of Divine Providence (1861-1937). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Maria Caterina of the Child Jesus (nee Luisa Lavizzari), prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and of Perpetual Reparation in the convent of Ronco di Ghiffa (1867-1931). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Maria Fedele (nee Eleonora Margarita Weiss), German professed religious of the Third Order of St. Francis in the convent of Reutberg (1882- 1923). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Armida Barelli, Italian of the Third Secular Order of St. Francis and co-foundress of the Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Regality of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1882-1952). <\/p>\n

– Servant of God Cleonilde Guerra, Italian lay woman <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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