JOHN PAUL II TO BEATIFY EIGHT SERVANTS OF GOD SUNDAY

VATICAN CITY, OCT 30, 2001 (VIS) - John Paul II will beatify eight Servants of God on Sunday, November 4, at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square.

The future blesseds are: Pavol Peter Gojdic (1888-1960), of the Basilian Order of St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr; Metod Dominik Trcka (1886-1959), priest, of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, martyr; Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), bishop, founder of the Teaching Sisters of St. Dorothy Daughters of the Sacred Hearts; Bartolomeu Fernandes Dos Martires (1514-1590), of the Order of Preachers, bishop; Luigi Tezza (1841-1923), priest, of the Order of Clerics Regular Ministers of the Sick, founder of the Daughters of St. Camillus; Paolo Manna (1872-1952), priest, of the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions; Gaetana Sterni (1827-1889), religious, foundress of the Sisters of the Divine Will; Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero (1906-1945), virgin, foundress of the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary.

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