Scott1
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For those of you out there who enjoyed the motion picture "The Passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson, a major infulence for the film, Anna Emmerick, is on the road to Sainthood:
HOLY FATHER TO PROCLAIM FIVE NEW BLESSEDS OCTOBER 3
VATICAN CITY, SEP 28, 2004 (VIS) - According to a communique from the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, on Sunday, October 3, at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul will preside at a Eucharistic celebration during which he will proclaim as Blesseds the following Servants of God:
Pierre Vigne, priest, founder of the Congregation of Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament;
Joseph-Marie Cassant, priest, monk of the Reformed Cistercian Order;
Anna Katharina Emmerick, virgin of the order of Regular Canonesses of St. Augustine;
Maria Ludovica De Angelis, virgin, of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy of Savona;
Charles of Austria, Emperor and King.
"In the life of the five new Blesseds," adds the communique, "the centrality of the Eucharistic mystery is seen as a source of charity and of the Church's mission. Their witness is an invitation for all the faithful to start the Year of the Eucharist with joy and commitment."
HOLY FATHER TO PROCLAIM FIVE NEW BLESSEDS OCTOBER 3
VATICAN CITY, SEP 28, 2004 (VIS) - According to a communique from the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, on Sunday, October 3, at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul will preside at a Eucharistic celebration during which he will proclaim as Blesseds the following Servants of God:
Pierre Vigne, priest, founder of the Congregation of Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament;
Joseph-Marie Cassant, priest, monk of the Reformed Cistercian Order;
Anna Katharina Emmerick, virgin of the order of Regular Canonesses of St. Augustine;
Maria Ludovica De Angelis, virgin, of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy of Savona;
Charles of Austria, Emperor and King.
"In the life of the five new Blesseds," adds the communique, "the centrality of the Eucharistic mystery is seen as a source of charity and of the Church's mission. Their witness is an invitation for all the faithful to start the Year of the Eucharist with joy and commitment."