Theresia Eleonore Ritz (Maria Julitta)
German Sister of the Redeemer who kept the door of the Würzburg motherhouse for over twenty years
Who they were
Sister Maria Julitta Ritz was a Sister of the Redeemer, trained as a primary teacher, who for more than twenty years received visitors at the door of the Würzburg motherhouse and was noted for her interior life.
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
Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele petitioned Rome for the process in 1981, the nihil obstat came on 27 September 1985, and her congregation records that Benedict XVI recognised her heroic virtues on 19 December 2011.
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.