Vatican City, Feb 23, 2009 / 08:37 am
On Saturday, the Holy See announced the dates for the canonization ceremonies of ten blessed including Blessed Mary of the Cross Jugan and Fr. Jozef Damian de Veuster, the Belgian priest who served lepers in Hawaii. The ten blesseds will be elevated to sainthood either on April 26 or October 11.
The blesseds scheduled to be declared saints on Sunday, April 26 are:
- Blessed Arcangelo Tadini, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth (1846-1912).
- Blessed Bernardo Tolomei, Italian founder of the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation (1272-1348).