Blessed Marianne Cope and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha are two of seven to be declared saints this fall:
The list of the seven people who will
be declared saints ranges from a Filipino layman to European founders
of religious orders to the first Native American.
Two of the seven holy men and women are associated with the U.S.
Blessed Marianne Cope, was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of
Syracuse, N.Y., and spent many years caring for the lepers on the
island of Molokai, Hawaii, while Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, was a
17th-century Mohawk girl who converted to Catholicism and died at the
age of 24.
Their canonization ceremony will take place on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012.
Cardinal Edward Egan, the Emeritus Archbishop of New York, could not
keep a smile off his face as he stood in the sun outside of St. Peter’s
after the consistory. He eagerly pointed out that “out of the seven
saints, two are New Yorkers.”
For more about both women, see this recent Catholic World Report piece:
