POPE JOHN PAUL TO BEATIFY SIX SERVANTS OF GOD

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2003 (VIS) - On Sunday, April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope John Pope will beatify six Servants of God during a Eucharistic celebration starting at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square.

The future Blesseds are: Giacomo Alberione, priest, founder of the Pauline family; Marco D'Aviano, priest, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; Maria Cristina Brando, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of Sisters, Victims Expiators of Jesus of the Sacrament; Eugenia Ravasco, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; Maria Domenica Mantovani, virgin, co-foundress of the Institute of Little Sisters of the Sacred Family; Giulia Salzano, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of Sisters, Catechists of the Sacred Heart.

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