Catherine Doherty
Religious order founder; Servant of God (1896–1985)
Who they were
Catherine de Hueck Doherty (née Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkina; August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a Russian-born Catholic activist who founded the Madonna House Apostolate in 1947. She was a pioneer in the struggle for interracial justice, spiritual writer, lecturer, and spiritual mother to priests and laity.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q2028414 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catherine Doherty (CC BY-SA)
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