How Are Saints Canonized? This is a link to the article in Beliefnet explaining the process of becoming a saint. The author, Stephanie Hertzenberg, leaves out a vital part. The people promoting the saint have to have money $$$$$$. It is like hiring a lawyer to represent you. That person is called the postulator and his job is to prove that your saint candidate is saint material. He has to be paid.
My Lay Dominic Fraternity has been trying to get Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. canonized ever since he died in 1869. Our postulator, Jean Marie Gueullette, has dedicated his life, over twenty years working on Lataste's cause. We hope Pope Francis will canonize him this year. No one could afford to pay someone to do this work since 1869, but Father Gueullette belongs to the Order of Preachers, the same religious order as Jean-Joseph Lataste, and Father Gueullette has been assigned to promote the canonization process of Father Lataste. It has been a life-consuming work. So the Order of Preachers pays.
The first title one is given is Servant of God. Next title is Venerable. Next is Blessed. Father Jean-Joseph Lataste is Blessed. He is called the Apostle of Prisons. The final step is canonization where Father Lataste will be called a saint. We already know he is a saint, whether or not, Rome recognizes him or not.
Pere M. Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. pray for our "cloistered brothers."
My Lay Dominic Fraternity has been trying to get Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. canonized ever since he died in 1869. Our postulator, Jean Marie Gueullette, has dedicated his life, over twenty years working on Lataste's cause. We hope Pope Francis will canonize him this year. No one could afford to pay someone to do this work since 1869, but Father Gueullette belongs to the Order of Preachers, the same religious order as Jean-Joseph Lataste, and Father Gueullette has been assigned to promote the canonization process of Father Lataste. It has been a life-consuming work. So the Order of Preachers pays.
The first title one is given is Servant of God. Next title is Venerable. Next is Blessed. Father Jean-Joseph Lataste is Blessed. He is called the Apostle of Prisons. The final step is canonization where Father Lataste will be called a saint. We already know he is a saint, whether or not, Rome recognizes him or not.
Pere M. Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. pray for our "cloistered brothers."
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