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Mother Mary Alphonsa
(1851-1926) Roman Catholic sister and social worker
VenerableUnited StatesDominican Sisters of Hawthorne Congregation of Saint Rose of Lima
Born
20 May 1851
Vatican record
Died
9 July 1926
Vatican record
Venerable
14 March 2024
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 14 March 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, OP, religious name Mary Alphonsa, (May 20, 1851 – July 9, 1926), was an American Dominican religious sister, writer, social worker, and founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne.
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The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q6917390 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.