Future Saints!

[Vixit]

With the beatification of Blessed Cardinal Newman, I got to wondering about holy men and women who are in the process of being recognized as saints. I am studying history right now, and read about Queen Isabel of Castile. Doing some research on her, I learned she was a holy woman and is actually being considered for canonization. (queenisabel.com/) So, I decided to start praying for her intercession on a personal matter, which would be a miracle if answered.

So who do you like to pray to, who is not a saint yet? Let’s list our favorite future saints!

 

[Rawb]

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. A young, Italian man from a wealthy family, he loved hiking and skiing. After every trip he would go to the Blessed Sacrament and adore Him. He eventually became a Dominican Tertiary, and took the name Girolamo. He prayed the rosary three times a day and did many good deeds in secret under that name.

He died in 1925 at the age of 24 from poliomyelitis. At his funeral his family expected just the elite class to turn up - their family friends. The streets were lined, instead, with thousands of the sick and poor whom, even in death Bl. Pier Giorgio was helping to take care of (he’d left instructions for his sister for their care). The poor of Turin were just as surprised. They knew Bl. Pier Giorgio only as Fra Girolamo, not a son of the wealthy Frassati family. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, and has a feast day of July 4 (the day he died).

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati - Bettnet.com

A Saint for the Youth of the Third Millennium “In this trying time that our country is going through we Catholics and especially we students, have a serious duty to fulfill: our self-formation. [...] We, who by the grace of God are Catholics... must steel ourselves for the battle we shall...

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[Vixit]

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. A young, Italian man from a wealthy family, he loved hiking and skiing. After every trip he would go to the Blessed Sacrament and adore Him. He eventually became a Dominican Tertiary, and took the name Girolamo. He prayed the rosary three times a day and did many good deeds in secret under that name.

He died in 1925 at the age of 24 from poliomyelitis. At his funeral his family expected just the elite class to turn up - their family friends. The streets were lined, instead, with thousands of the sick and poor whom, even in death Bl. Pier Giorgio was helping to take care of (he’d left instructions for his sister for their care). The poor of Turin were just as surprised. They knew Bl. Pier Giorgio only as Fra Girolamo, not a son of the wealthy Frassati family. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, and has a feast day of July 4 (the day he died).

http://www.bettnet.com/frassati/pg-1.jpg
bettnet.com/frassati/

That’s awesome, another one I’ve never heard of! I think that’s the best way to do works of charity.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

I don’t have any past Catholics in mind at the moment. The main reason for this would be my ignorance of suitable candidates, who no doubt exist.

But if the churches were ever to reunify, I could think of a number of historical Protestants who I’m certainly advocate. I think someone once did a thread on this topic.

I couldn’t nominate any Orhodox or Eastern candidates, but again that’s simply due to my lack of knowledge of Orthodox history.

 

[Vixit]

I don’t have any past Catholics in mind at the moment. The main reason for this would be my ignorance of suitable candidates, who no doubt exist.

But if the churches were ever to reunify, I could think of a number of historical Protestants who I’m certainly advocate. I think someone once did a thread on this topic.

I couldn’t nominate any Orhodox or Eastern candidates, but again that’s simply due to my lack of knowledge of Orthodox history.

The hope is that we are all suitable candidates. I also pray to passed family members, just in case