Just sayin.'
Posted on 11/19/2017 4:42:53 PM PST by marshmallow
Ceremony a final step toward sainthood for Blessed Solanus Casey
DETROIT — A papal representative praised Blessed Solanus Casey for his exemplary love of God and neighbor on Saturday, when the late friar was beatified at a large-scale ceremony at Ford Field.
“His profound faith allowed him to receive others as a brother, independently of their race or religion,” Cardinal Angelo Amato said in an echoing sermon that reached more than 65,000 in the covered stadium in downtown Detroit and many more who watched the ceremony live online.
Blessed Casey is the second U.S.-born man to be beatified by the Catholic Church, which holds beatification as a final step on the path toward sainthood. A beatified individual carries the title “blessed” and is believed to be with God in Heaven.
Pope Francis announced in May that Blessed Casey would be elevated to this status, following the documentation of a miraculous healing that the Catholic Church has attributed to his intercession; it took place for a woman inexplicably healed of a genetic skin disorder after a visit to the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit in 2012.
Blessed Casey has long been a prominent figure in Detroit, where he served at St. Bonaventure Monastery, under the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph, for more than 20 years, beginning in 1924. He is remembered as co-founder of the city’s still-running Capuchin Soup Kitchen and as a wise counselor to many as porter, or doorkeeper, at the monastery.
The Father Solanus Casey Guild formally initiated his cause for sainthood in 1966, nine years after his death. He has held the title of “venerable” since 1995, and at least one more miracle must be attributed to his intercession before his cause can be advanced to canonization.
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