Is there a list of people on the path to canonization in the USA anywhere?

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I’m just wondering if there is some website with a list of people who are up for canonization, particularly people from USA.

It would be nice to see who they are and pray for their causes. I know of a few because I see news articles about them, but it’s really a hit and miss thing as to whether I happen to see an article or notice a prayer card in a chapel asking you to pray for Venerable So-and-so, etc.
 
Father Emil Kapaun, Army Chaplain who died in a North Korean POW camp has an open cause for canonization.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
I’m just wondering if there is some website with a list of people who are up for canonization, particularly people from USA.

It would be nice to see who they are and pray for their causes. I know of a few because I see news articles about them, but it’s really a hit and miss thing as to whether I happen to see an article or notice a prayer card in a chapel asking you to pray for Venerable So-and-so, etc.
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The preliminary work for a cause takes place at the local level, so that has to be taken into account.

For what concerns the United States, you might start your research here.

ncregister.com/daily-news/spirit-of-79-the-number-of-americans-proposed-for-sainthood
 
I have prayed for the cause of Father Vincent Capodanno.

He is a model for both faith and the United States.
 
JamalChristophr said:
Found this list:

catholicsaintsguy.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/complete-list-of-american-candidates-for-canonization/
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Thanks, that’s very helpful. I have heard of Fr. Emil Kapaun, Fr. Solanus Casey, Archbishop Sheen, Cardinal Cooke, Rhoda Wise, and Julia Greeley. I also heard of Dorothy Day but didn’t know she was up for canonization. Interesting given that she lived a pretty un-saintly life in her younger days. I don’t think I’ve heard of any of the others.

Edited because the article Father linked above answered the Rhoda Wise question - her cause is open now, I thought so as I am from NE OH myself and had heard of her.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Thanks, good article.

I hope the US gets a few more saints in the upcoming years. We could use them. You’d think some wealthy Catholic would donate to some of these efforts.
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Money really isn’t a factor.
 
Memaw said:
Also Fr. John A. Hardon S.J. and Fr. Flanagan of Boys town
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They’re both on the list. I didn’t notice Fr. Flanagan when I first read, of course I’ve heard of him thanks to that Spencer Tracy/ Eddie Rooney movie “Boys Town”.

It would be wonderful if Fr. Flanagan and Archbishop Sheen could become saints. They were both so visible at a time when many people in USA didn’t like Catholics. I’m always surprised especially about the location of Fr. Flanagan’s “Boys Town”, as my father was from that area and it was not particularly Catholic-friendly back in the day, even up to the 1960s when we would visit (Dad converted as a middle-aged man).

Found this latest update about Fr. Flanagan:

3newsnow.com/news/local-news/announcement-on-father-flanagans-sainthood-effort
 
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