Cause for sainthood is opened for former Mormon

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Cora Louisa Yorgason Evans was born in Midvale, Utah, July 9, 1904, and raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was married in the LDS Temple on June 4, 1924, and 10 years later became a Catholic and was baptized in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ogden.

“Cora’s first mystical experience was of the Blessed Mother in 1907, when she was 3 years old,” said Michael McDevitt, who is custodian of Cora Evans’ writings. “She bore the stigmata and would go into ecstasy while having mystical experiences. She had perfect recall and would journal her experiences.”

In the first grade, Evans smelled a fragrance and saw a beautiful woman dressed in white. She thought it was an angel. The woman asked Evans to help her give Jesus more love.

Evans was 19 when she met her future husband. “Their first date was to the temple to do baptisms by proxy for the dead,” said McDevitt. “Their temple marriage ceremony on June 4, 1924, when Cora was 20, had her seething inside. She considered Mormonism a sex-oriented, polytheist religion. She realized she had gained a wonderful husband, but resolved to one day find the one true God that would break this false religion.”

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She sets a GREAT example for all of us seeking to escape the false banner of salvation known as Mormonism!
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Cora Louisa Yorgason Evans was born in Midvale, Utah, July 9, 1904, and raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was married in the LDS Temple on June 4, 1924, and 10 years later became a Catholic and was baptized in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ogden.

“Cora’s first mystical experience was of the Blessed Mother in 1907, when she was 3 years old,” said Michael McDevitt, who is custodian of Cora Evans’ writings. “She bore the stigmata and would go into ecstasy while having mystical experiences. She had perfect recall and would journal her experiences.”

In the first grade, Evans smelled a fragrance and saw a beautiful woman dressed in white. She thought it was an angel. The woman asked Evans to help her give Jesus more love.

Evans was 19 when she met her future husband. “Their first date was to the temple to do baptisms by proxy for the dead,” said McDevitt. “Their temple marriage ceremony on June 4, 1924, when Cora was 20, had her seething inside. She considered Mormonism a sex-oriented, polytheist religion. She realized she had gained a wonderful husband, but resolved to one day find the one true God that would break this false religion.”

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Thank you for this Rebecca. I have never heard of her but now can’t wait to read about her.

I was watching the beatification of John Paul, II yesterday and was dumbfounded by the beauty of it all. One thing that struck me was the nun who had been healed of Parkinson’s Disease. She presented the relic of John Paul’s blood to Pope Benedict XVI. She was obviously in very good health. I wondered what those outside of the Church thought when they saw this woman, who had been suffering from an incureable disease, now in perfect health through the intercession of Blessed John Paul, II. These cases are documented by physicians outside of the Church as well as being scrutinized by the Catholic clergy.

So I would really like to know the thoughts of non-Catholics, especially Mormons, as to Cora’s bearing of the stigmata. Miraculous signs are fairly common place in the Catholic Church and they are not declared miraculous without intense investigation. Does this not signify the holiness of the Church? In Cora’s case the most probable answer to the reason for the stigmata was her Christ-like life, as with other stigmatics. They become so Christ-like that they even bear his wounds. What does the rest of the world think of these things?
 
I’ve never heard of this woman, either, but she reminds me that there are numerous saints among us whom we often fail to see. The Holy Spirit always moves among us! I pray for the success of this woman’s cause.
 
Thanks for sharing this, Rebecca.

She eerily looks a lot like my great grandmother.

A wee bit off topic, but when exactly are we permitted to begin praying to the deceased? When the local church deems it’s OK or when the Vatican does? Just prior to beatification or just after?
 
His Excellency, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco (formerly bishop of Salt Lake City), granted an imprimatur for Prayer for the Intercession of Cora Evans, composed by her long-time confessor and spiritual director, Fr. Frank Parrish, S.J.

Below is the approved prayer:

First - Visit the Blessed Sacrament

Cora prayed that she would be given the same gift as Saint Therese, the Little Flower, spending her heaven on earth doing good. But, first visit the Blessed Sacrament.

Second - The Prayer - Ask Cora to intercede in your behalf

Dearest Jesus, You blessed Cora Evans with many supernatural mystical gifts as a means of drawing us to a deeper and more intimate union with your Sacred Heart through Your Divine Indwelling, Your Mystical Humanity. I ask You through her intercession to help me in my special request (name the favor) and my efforts to do Your will here on earth and be with You, Your Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph and the whole Court of Heaven forever.

Third - Say three times

The Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
 
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I would love to read the story.
 
I am going to a special Mass today and will pray to Cora for my son as well as the Mormon people.
 
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