CONSISTORY FOR CAUSES OF CANONIZATION SET FOR MARCH 7

VATICAN CITY, FEB 27, 2003 (VIS) - On Friday, March 7, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, during the Sixth Hour, there will be an ordinary public consistory for the canonization of 12 Blesseds, according to an announcement today from the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. The notification, dated February 22, feast of the Chair of Peter, was given by mandate of the Holy Father.

The 12 causes of canonization are for the following Blesseds:
1. Pedro Poveda Castroverde, priest, martyr, founder of the Teresian Association;

2. Jozef Sebastian Pelczar, bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus;

3. Daniele Comboni, bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Combonian Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Combonian Holy Mother Missionary Sisters of Nigrizia;

4. Arnold Janssen, priest, founder of the Society of the Divine Word, the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit and the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration;

5. Jose Maria Rubio y Peralta, priest, of the Society of Jesus;

6. Joseph Freinademetz, priest, of the Society of the Divine Word;

7. Urszula Ledochowska, nee Julia Maria, virgin, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony;

8. Genoveva Torres Morales, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Holy Angels;

9. Maria de Mattias, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Adoring Sisters of the Blood of Christ;

10. Angela de la Cruz, nee Maria de los Angeles Guerrero Gonzalez, virgin, foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross;

11. Virginia Centurione Bracelli, widow, foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge on Mt. Calvary;

12. Maria Maravillas de Jesus, nee Pidal y Chico de Guzman, virgin, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.

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