Current Causes for
Canonization
Catherine
McAuley, Founder of the Sisters of Mercy
Prayer
for Beatification of Catherine 
Loving
God, you chose Catherine McAuley for the service
of your people
who are poor, sick and uneducated. You inspired
her to found the Sisters of Mercy so that these
good works might endure. Give to each of us, her
daughters, a portion of her compassionate spirit
and an ardent desire to serve your suffering
people. Bless all our undertakings and grant that
union and charity may always thrive among us.
Graciously hear our prayer for Catherine, and by
granting the favours we ask through her
intercession, hasten the day when her sanctity
will be celebrated by all the church. Amen .
Prayer
for a Sick Person, Asking
Her Intercession
O
beloved Catherine, through the power of my most
compassionate Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, I
humbly beseech you to look with love and pity on (name)
who is ill at this time. Stir up in me the same
passion that impelled you to respond to the needs
of your time. Bless me with the sure knowledge of
your presence and with a complete trust in your
providence. Use once again your spirit of
compassion and your ardent desire to alleviate
suffering and to restore her/him to full health
if it is God's holy will. I ask this in the Name
of Jesus who lives and reigns with the Father in
unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Read
more about Catherine McAuley
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Sisters
of Mercy
7262 Mercy Road
Omaha, NE 68124-2389
(402)
393-8225
www.mercyoma.org
(As
a sidenote: I personally attended Mount Saint
Mary's Academy for Girls in Little Rock, AR, for
4 years, graduating in 1977. This is a school run
by the Sisters of Mercy, and we were taught about
Sr. Catherine McAuley and her sanctity. I support
her cause. The Sisters of Mercy are awesome! )
Prayer
to Obtain Canonization for Blessed Brother Andre
Bessette
O
Jesus, You wanted the devotion to Your foster
father St. Joseph to be made known through the
efforts of Brother Andre. Grant that the Church
may glorify, at the earliest opportunity, this
faithful friend of the poor, the sick, and the
afflicted.
St.
Joseph of Mount Royal, pray for us.
O
God, You are most admirable in Your saints, and
we petition You to grant us, through the
intercession of Brother Andre, the apostle of St.
Joseph, the favor of (mention your intention),
so that Brother Andre might be glorified in the
Church and that we may be led to imitate his
virtues. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
Read
more about Blessed Andre
Bessette, Feast Day: January
6
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Brother
Ulysses Hamel, CSC
Secretary, Cause of Brother Andre, CSC
St. Joseph's Oratory
3800 Queen Mary
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3V 1H6
(514)
733-8211
Prayer
for the Beatification of the Servant of God:
Frank Duff,
Founder of the Legion of Mary
God
our Father, You inspired Your servant Frank Duff
with a profound insight into the mystery of Your
Church, the Body of Christ, and of the place of
Mary the Mother of Jesus in this mystery. In his
immense desire to share this insight with others
and in filial dependence on Mary, he formed her
Legion to be a sign of her maternal love for the
world and a means of enlisting all her children
in the Church's evangelizing work.
We
thank You Father for the graces conferred on him
and for the benefits accruing to the Church from
his courageous and shining faith. With
confidence, we beg You that through his
intercession You grant the petition we lay before
You (make your request here). We ask too, that if
it be in accordance with Your will, the holiness
of his life may be acknowledged by the Church for
the glory of Your Name, through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Read
more about Frank Duff
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Legion
of Mary
De Montfort House
Morning Star Avenue
Brunswick Street
Dublin 7, Ireland
EMAIL
the Archbishop of Dublin: archbishop@abhouse.org
Prayer
for the Canonization of Father Patrick Peyton,
CSC:
20th Century Rosary Crusader
Dear
Jesus, Father Peyton devoted his priestly life to
strengthening the families of the world by
calling them to pray together every day,
especially the Holy Rosary. His message is as
important for us now as it was during his life on
earth. We beg You, therefore, to hasten the day
of his canonization so that Your faithful people
everywhere will remember his message that the
family that prays together, stays together,
will imitate him in his devotion to Your Mother
and ours, and will be inspired by his holy life
to draw ever closer to You with childlike
confidence and love. Amen.
Read
more about Father Patrick Peyton
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Office
of the Vice Postulator
Father Peyton Center
518 Washington Street
North Easton, MA 02356-1200
(508)
238-4095
http://www.familyrosary.org/main/home.php
email the Office of the
Vice Postulator
Prayer
Asking Favors Through the Intercession of the
Servant of God: Catherine Doherty
All
loving Father, through Your beloved Son, Jesus,
we have been taught to ask for what we  need. And through His spouse, our
Mother the Church, we have been instructed to
pray for one another, and to ask the intercession
of Your servants, who have fallen asleep in
Christ. Therefore, through the intercession of
Your servant, Catherine Doherty, we ask (mention
your petition). We ask this for Your honor
and glory, and in the Name of Jesus Christ, Your
Son our Lord. Amen.
Imprimatur:
J.R. Windle, Bishop of Pembroke; May 1, 1993
Read
more about Catherine Doherty
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Postulator
for the Cause
Madonna House Apostolate
2888 Dafoe Rd
Combermere ON K0J 1L0
Canada
cause@catherinedoherty.org
Blessed
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother
Teresa's United Nations Prayer
(Mother
Teresa composed this prayer for the United
Nations International Year of the Family)
Heavenly
Father, you have given us a model of life in the
Holy Family of Nazareth. Help us, O loving Father
to make our family another Nazareth where love,
peace and joy reign. May it be deeply
contemplative, intensely Eucharistic and vibrant
with joy. Help us to stay together in joy and
sorrow through family prayer. Teach us to see
Jesus in the members of our family especially in
their distressing disguise. May the Eucharistic
Heart of Jesus make our hearts meek and humble
like His and help us to carry out our family
duties in a holy way. May we love one another as
God loves each one of us more and more each day,
and forgive each other's faults as You forgive
our sins. Help us, O loving Father to take
whatever You give and to give whatever You take
with a big smile. Immaculate Heart of Mary, cause
of our joy, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us.
Holy Guardian Angels be always with us, guide and
protect us. Amen.
Prayer
by Mother Teresa
Make us
worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow men throughout
the world who live and die in poverty and hunger.
Give them through our hands this day their daily
bread, and by our understanding love, give peace
and joy.
Read
more about Blessed Mother Teresa
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Postulation of Mother Teresa
2498 Roll Drive
PMB 733
San Diego, CA 92154 USA
www.motherteresacause.info
EMAIL: post@motherteresacause.info
Pope
John Paul II
PRAYER
FOR ASKING GRACES THROUGH THE INTERCESSION
OF THE SERVANT OF GOD THE POPE JOHN PAUL II
O
Blessed Trinity
We thank You for having graced the Church
with Pope John Paul II
and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly
care,
the glory of the cross of Christ,
and the splendor of the Holy Spirit,
to shine through him.
Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy
and in the maternal intercession of Mary,
he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good
Shepherd,
and has shown us that holiness
is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian
life
and is the way of achieving eternal communion
with you.
Grant us, by his intercession, and according to
Your will,
the graces we implore,
hoping that he will soon be numbered
among your saints.
Amen.
With
ecclesiastical approval:
CARDINAL CAMILLO RUINI
the Holy Father’s Vicar General for the
Diocese of Rome
Read
more about Pope John Paul II
If
anyone should experience a miraculous favor,
please contact:
Mons.
Slawomir Oder
Vicariato di Roma
Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano 6/A
00184 ROMA
http://www.vicariatusurbis.org/Beatificazione/HomePage.asp
e-mail:
Postulazione.GiovanniPaoloII@VicariatusUrbis.org
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