Who are some of your favorite modern Catholics in the process of canonization?

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Blessed Karl of Austria
Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko
Blessed Miguel Pro
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
 
Servant of God Frank Duff
Venerable Fulton Sheen
Venerable Edel Quinn
Blessed Anacleto Gonzalez Flores
 
Blessed Solanus Casey
Blessed John Henry Newman
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

(And I love reading the writings of Newman and Sheen)
 
Sonolas casy.
From Detroit is the interesting . in that he was not allowed to perform the mass. Because he was not smart enough. To qualify.

So praying for people was his ministry.

Which ment it required the holy spirit. To have signs following.
 
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Those are all great choices, and many of those already listed are my favorites too. I will add two more with special meaning for where I live:

Venerable Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Blessed Sacrament, O.C.D., foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart, who currently serve here in Los Angeles and in Mexico, South America and the Philippines. She was forced to flee from Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, and she founded the Los Angeles Carmel in 1927. She died in 1937, and Pope St. John Paul II declared her Venerable in 2001.

Venerable Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R., of Sacramento, who was born in New Mexico and raised in Los Angeles, where he was ordained and served among the most poor and needy. He was known as the “Bishop of the Barrios” and died in a car crash while returning from ministry in 1991. Pope Francis declared him Venerable in 2016.
 
Bl. Solanus Casey
Archbishop Sheen

I would like to add Ven. Nelson Baker to the list who has been my hero since I was 8 years old (I live 20 minutes from his shrine: The Father Baker Story | Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica ). I begged my folks to stay home from school and attend the mass when his remains were re-interred in 1999 (Request declined but they taped the ceremony for me). Hopefully some day we can add Mother Angelica to the list.
 
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Venerable Fr. Michael J. McGivney
Servant of God Fr. Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
 
Thanks for the link about Fr. Baker. I have a lot of family from Buffalo and saw his prayer cards for canonization in a shrine up there, but I didn’t really know who he was, nor did my family ever mention him. I will be sure to see that Basilica next time I go up there.
And I will add him to my list of the people whose canonizations I am praying for.
 
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The recent biography “Father of the Fatherless” by Richard Gribble, CSC is very good. So is the earlier biography “Father Baker” or “The Incredible Story of Father Baker” by Floyd Anderson which was the staple for many years. Anderson tells in a more narrative style and was closer to living primary sources when he wrote his book. Gribble’s book takes a more objective biographical approach but is very detailed. There were two other books written in the early 2000’s which I am not fond of. The lesser of the two evils is “The Mysteries of Father Baker” by John Koerner which focuses on the accounts of miracles attributed to Ven. Baker. The writing is a bit scattered and there really isn’t much more said than the previous books. The second “The Father Baker Code” (written during the whole Dan Brown hype) is total rubbish. Focuses again on the miracles but turns into ludicrous fluff and takes many things out of context. Would not recommend those two at all.
 
Thanks for that, I always wonder which book I should buy on a saint who is “new” to me when I see four or five of them advertised.
He sounds like an amazing guy. I wonder why my mom’s family never mentioned him. Maybe it just didn’t happen to come up.
 
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