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 Questions
and Answers on Catholic Saints
from St. Anthony Messenger. Answers to two questions focus on the
process of making saints: Why so few lay saints? What is the process
for canonizing someone?
Friar
Jack's Catechism Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on How Saints Are Made
- Answers to the following questions: How does a person become a Catholic
saint? When did the first formal canonization take place?
St
Francis of Assisi Primary School - Saints Research - An online research
module for Year 6 students preparing for Confirmation. This excellent
module if intended for Australian students but can be easily adapted
for students internationally. Although its primary purpose is to help
the students choose the saint they wish to use for their Confirmation
name, it does help the children investigate what makes a person a saint.
| Pope Benedict defined sainthood by saying a saint is “someone
who is so fascinated by the beauty of God and by His perfect truth
that he is progressively transformed by it. For this beauty and
this truth he is ready to renounce everything, even himself.”
-- Kairos
Catholic Journal: Past Issues: Sainthood |
Links
for Learners: Edith Stein: Our Newest Saint - October 1998 Issue of
St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online - This classroom resource
guide is intended to support curriculum in Social Studies—the
Holocaust and Religion—the making of a saint; miracles. The guide
provides some useful suggestions and information to help present the
steps of sainthood to students.
Making of Saints
- Backgrounder prepared by the Department of Communications of the US
Conference of Catholic Bishops - This document offers a glossary of
terms related to the process of making saint, a historical overview
of saint making throughout the centuries in the Church, and a description
of each of the four stages in the procedure that leads to the declaration
of sainthood. This document is in PDF format.
Canonization
Process - Note released by the Holy See Press Office in 1997 on
canonical procedure for causes of beatification and canonization.
Resources for Catholic Educators
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