General Postulation of the Congregation of the Mission
Congregation of the Mission
General Postulation of the Congregation of the Mission
Servants of God
Servo di Dio è un titolo che la Chiesa cattolica assegna dopo la morte a persone che ritiene si siano distinte per «santità di vita», e per le quali è stato avviato il processo canonico di beatificazione. Il titolo successivo, se si ritiene che il Servo di Dio abbia mostrato particolare «eroicità delle virtù», è “Venerabile”.
Jorge Maria Salvaire CM
The diocesan process for beatification began in Lujan (Argentina) in 2016. His remains rest in the same Basilica, on the altar of the Miraculous Medal.
Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, CM
The process of beatification of Patriarch Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattas (16/01/1920–20/01/2009), of the Congregation of the Mission, will begin as soon as possible in Alexandria, Egypt, under Patriarch His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac of the Coptic Catholics.
Msgr. Francois Xavier Schraven, Cm
Member of the Province of North China, he was born October 13, 1873 in Lotten (Holland) and died near Tcheng-tin-fu on October 9, 1937 with his companions. The “Positio super martyrio” was approved by the historical consultants on February 1, 2022. On March 7, 2024, the 9 theologians of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints gave a unanimous and favorable vote to the “Positio super Martyrio”. We now await the meeting of cardinals and bishops and the decree of the Holy Father.
Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas, C.M.
In 1978, his remains were exhumed from the crypt of the Cathedral, where he had been buried 120 years earlier. The body was intact.
The Diocese of the Canary Islands has become a plaintiff in the cause of the Servant of God. The diocesan investigation was opened on January 19, 1995. The procedural acts arrived in Rome and were presented in February 2001. The decree of validity of the process has already been obtained and the work on the Positio is in progress.
Fr. Valerian Guemes, C.M.
The Bishop of Berhampur is convinced that Fr. Guemes’ holiness has attracted many to the Catholic faith, both in his diocese and elsewhere.
It was the local people who initiated this devotion, and the bishop is ready to begin his cause for beatification.
Fr. Felice De Andreis, C.M.
The cause, which passed to the historical section of the Congregation of the Saints on March 1, 1940, has not progressed since then, awaiting a new impetus.
Fr. Giovanni Battista Manzella, C.M.
At present, the mortal remains of the Servant of God are in the crypt of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Sassari and are the object of daily veneration by numerous devotees and faithful, who rely on his intercession and prayer, in the hope that he may soon be singled out as a model of holiness in the Church.
Fr. Jacques E. Sontag and companions, C.M.
Jacques Émile Sontag (1869-1918), Father Nathanaël Dinkha (1849-1918), and the priests François Mirazis (1878-1918) and Mathurin L’Hôtellier (1883-1918) were missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission in Persia. During the Assyrian-Chaldean genocide, they were all martyred between July and August 1918 while assisting refugees and persecuted people.
Fr. Emilio Lissón Chávez, C.M.
The diocesan investigation, very complex because of the numerous situations to be clarified, began in the cathedral of Valencia on September 20, 2003, and was closed in Valencia on May 31, 2008.
Fr. José Florko, C.M.
Born in Winnikach, Ukraine, near Lviv, on May 8, 1915, he was ordained a priest in 1939. In 1943 he arrived in Warsaw. On February 7, 1944, he was arrested and transferred to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp (March 28, 1944), then to Dorze (January 17, 1945), to Mittelbau (February 11, 1945), and finally to Bergen-Belsen (February 25, 1945), where he died during the evacuation of the camp.
Fr. Janez Strašek, C.M.
Born in Slake (Slovenia) in 1906, he was martyred on March 30, 1947, for hatred of the faith. His reputation for martyrdom is recognized and every year a Way of the Cross is celebrated in his honor. Investigations are underway into possible miracles attributed to his intercession.
Quinzio Sie
Chinese catechist and martyr. Born in the province of Kiang-Si in 1780, he assisted missionaries and led the Christian community of Ou-tcheng. In 1857, he opposed the military chief, refusing to renounce his Christian faith. He was beheaded on November 17, 1857.
Msgr. Inacio Krauze (Krause), C.M.
Born in Poland in 1896, he was part of the first group of Polish Vincentian missionaries sent to China (1929). In China he founded charitable works and became Prefect Apostolic of Shuntehfu, and later bishop. Expelled from China in 1947, he took refuge in the United States and then returned to Brazil, where he served as Apostolic Administrator and participated in the Second Vatican Council. He died on August 31, 1984, leaving a legacy of faith and dedication.
Fr. Wenceslau Szuniewicz, C.M.
Vincentian missionary and eminent Polish ophthalmologist. After studying medicine in Moscow, he worked as a military doctor in the First World War. In 1927 he became a priest and, in 1929, moved to China, where he founded an ophthalmology hospital and treated thousands of patients. He is remembered for his dedication to medicine and faith, with a monument dedicated to him in China.
P. J. Garrigues CM e compagni martiri
Fr. Jules Garrigues and his fellow martyrs, Fr. Maurice-Charles-Pascal Doré, Fr. Pasquale Raffaele D’Addosio, Fr. Antonio Claudio Chavanne and Fr. Nie’ Pietro, were Catholic missionaries killed during the Boxer persecution in China in 1900. They sacrificed their lives to support the Christian faith and their parishioners. Their beatification was proposed in 1936.
Claude Chevrier CM, Our Vincentius CM, Marie Theres Marquet FdC, e 9 compagne FdC martiri di Tianjin
They were killed on June 20, 1870, in Tianjin, China, during the persecutions. These missionaries and nuns sacrificed their lives for the Christian faith. Their beatification process began in 1925 and was completed in 1931.
Suor Giuseppina Leopoldina Josepha Brandis
Born in 1815 in Graz, she joined the Daughters of Charity in 1837 and became superior general in 1843, dedicating herself to the service of the sick and founding the congregation of the Sisters of Mary of the Miraculous Medal in 1850. She died on January 11, 1900, leaving a legacy of faith and charity, with approximately 2,700 religious and 210 houses at the time of her death. Her canonization process began in 2016.
Sr. Teresa Tambelli, D.C.
Born in 1885 in Revere di Mantova, Sister Teresa Tambelli lost her parents at age 13 and joined the Company of the Daughters of Charity in 1903. She dedicated 57 years to the Navy Asylum in Cagliari, excelling as an educator and mother to the children of the neighborhood. She died in 1964; her beatification process began in 2016.
Sr. Cecilia Charrin, D.C.
Born in 1890 in France, she dedicated herself to the poor in Guatemala, having arrived in 1930. She founded several charitable works, including a home for orphans and a home for the elderly, and died in 1973. Her beatification process began in 2006, and her remains are now in the chapel of the Miraculous Medal in Guatemala. Her legacy lives on through the works she created.
Sr. Clemência de Oliveira, D.C.
Born in 1896 in Brazil, she dedicated her life to the poor. She founded the “Sant’Antonio” clinic in Baturité, where she assisted the needy with great dedication. She died on July 6, 1966, leaving a strong reputation of holiness, remembered as “the mother of the poor.”
Sr. Barbara Samulowska, D.C.
In 1877, two young Polish women, Barbara Samulowska and Giustina Szafrinska, were visionaries of Our Lady’s apparitions in Gietrzwald. Our Lady asked them to pray the rosary, assuring the faithful in their persecution. Both became Daughters of Charity. Sister Barbara, called Stanislava, moved to Guatemala, dedicating herself to the poor and sick. She died on December 6, 1950, witnessing a life of holiness and charity.
