Maria Kaupas (Casimira Kaupas / Kazimiera Kaupaitė)
Lithuanian-born sister in Chicago who founded the Sisters of St. Casimir
Who they were
Her congregation, the Sisters of St. Born in Ramygala, Lithuania, she emigrated to the United States in 1897 and founded the Sisters of St. Casimir, who ran schools and hospitals in Chicago; she died at the Chicago motherhouse on 17 April 1940.
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
Casimir, records her as Venerable Mother Maria Kaupas; the positio on her heroic virtues was examined by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in October 2009 and approved by the commission of bishops in May 2010, and the decree on heroic virtues was promulgated on 1 July 2010.
The cause
Maria Kaupas (Casimira Kaupas / Kazimiera Kaupaitė) has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Maria Kaupas (Casimira Kaupas / Kazimiera Kaupaitė).
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.