Gwen Cecilia Coniker
American mother of thirteen who co-founded the Apostolate for Family Consecration
Who they were
Gwen Coniker and her husband Jerry founded the Apostolate for Family Consecration in 1975 and later Catholic Familyland at Bloomingdale, Ohio, raising thirteen children.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
She died of cancer in 2002; the bishop of Steubenville agreed to a cause and the diocesan inquiry into her heroic virtue opened on 9 September 2007, with the nihil obstat of 29 September 2007. She is called Servant of God.
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.