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St. Edith Stein

By: Krystina Stys

STEP 1

The process towards canonization begins at the diocesan level.

The Canonization Process

An investigation may open no sooner than 5 years after the death of the person.

Normally, a guild or organization to promote the cause of the candidate's sainthood is created.

STEP 2

This step was not found in St. Edith Stein's canonization process.

There is no specific information regarding Step 1 in St. Edith Stein's canonization process.

(...STEP 2)

The candidate is now known as a "Servant of God".

They are presented to the Roman Curia (The Congregation for the Causes of the Saints).

During this stage, two declarations are made to further the process...

  • 'Non Cultus' - a certification is made that no supersititious worship has rooted around the individual's tomb, and relics are taken
  • 'Nil Obstat' - nothing stands in the way

STEP 3

She was venerated in the Catholic Church Anglican Communion.

The congregaton will recommend to the pope that he make a proclamation of the Servant of God's heroic virtue - this proclamation is concluded by the act of veneration.

From this point on, the individual is referred to by the title "Venerable".

However, she was canonized over 40 years after her death, so it is most probable that her investigation began 5 years after her death.

(...STEP 3)

St. Edith Stein died as a martyr on August 9, 1942, in Auschwitz.

STEP 4

St. Edith Stein was beatified in 1987 by Pope John Paul II.

(...STEP 4)

The process of Beatification...

This step depends on whether the Venerable is a martyr or a "confessor".

If the Venerable was not a martyr, it must be proven that a miracle has taken place by his or her intercession.

Once beatified, the venerable is given the new title "Blessed".

St. Edith Stein's feast day is on August 9.

STEP 5

The miracle that led to Edith Stein being canonized as a saint took place in Brockton in 1987 when 2-year-old Benedicta Murray miraculously recovered from accidentally overdosing on Tylenol pills that damaged her liver and kidneys after her family prayed to Edith Stein for the girl's recovery.

(...STEP 5)

Canonization...

To be canonized a saint, at least one miracle is necessary.

The saint is assigned a feast day which may be celebrated anywhere within the Catholic Church.

The faithful may freely and without restricton celebate and honor the saint.

St. Edith Stein was canonized on October 11, 1998.

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