Elizabeth Prout (Mary Joseph of Jesus)
English founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion
Who they were
A convert from Anglicanism, she founded the Sisters of the Cross and Passion in Manchester in 1851 to serve poor working women and children.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The cause was opened in the archdiocese of Liverpool in 1994 and Pope Francis declared her Venerable on 21 January 2021.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.