Solanus Casey Beatification (in Detroit, MI: 11/18/17): What you need to know

[Dwyer]

DETROIT - Thousands of Catholics are expected to come together Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 for a special beatification mass for Fr. Solanus Casey at Ford Field in Detroit . . .

About Solanus Casey

A member of the Capuchin Franciscan Order of St. Joseph in Detroit and one of the co-founders of the city’s Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Father Casey was born Nov. 25, 1870 and died July 31, 1957. He will be the second American-born male to be beatified. The first is Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who died in 1981 and was beatified on Sept. 23.

Throughout his ministry, beginning in New York for 20 years, serving at three different parishes, Casey was a beloved Capuchin Friar credited with miraculous cures and valued for his wise and compassionate counsel. He served at St. Bonaventure Monastery on Mt. Elliott Street in Detroit, where he worked for 21 years as a pastor and spent his life in the service of people, endearing himself to thousands who would seek his counsel. He earned the recognition as ‘the Doorkeeper’ – a brother who would provide soup for the hungry, kind words for the troubled, and a healing touch for the ill.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/solanus-casey/solanus-casey-beatification-what-you-need-to-know

 

[LOR]

Thank you for this information. I am a non-Catholic living near Detroit. Our family knows about Father Solanus Casey, both from listening to EWTN radio over the years and also because we support the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. I worked downtown for many years and my husband is from Detroit.

Anyway, I am wondering, as a non-Catholic, how a beatification will be conducted. I know there will be a mass, but I can’t imagine that the Pope Himself will be there in person. I thought I’d ask in the forums, and this seems to be an appropriate topic. I hope I have posted in a suitable place.

Edited: I found the answer

Cardinal Angelo Amato, a representative of Pope Francis and prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will read the decree that Pope Francis signed in May; an image of Father Casey will be unveiled at the same time.

Article from the Toledo Blade

Thank you.