Tuesday, April 13, 1999

POPE TO CANONIZE THREE BLESSEDS ON SUNDAY

VATICAN CITY, APR 13, 1999 (VIS) - Sunday April 18, Third Sunday of Easter, the Holy Father will celebrate Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square during which he will canonize three Blesseds.

The future Saints are: Marcellin Joseph Benoit Champagnat, priest of the Society of Mary, and founder of the Institute of the Little Brothers of Mary (Marist Brothers of the Schools); Giovanni Calabria, priest, founder of the Congregations of the Little Servants of Divine Providence (male and female branches); and Agostina Livia Pietrantoni, virgin, of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne Antida Thouret.

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