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Dorothy Stang
Brazilian activist (1931–2005)
Who they were
Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic religious sister and missionary. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon basin in 2005. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners. She was a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Vatican News - Sr Dorothy Stang, first US woman in the memorial for modern martyrs — Her relics were placed on the altar of the new martyrs of the Americas in the Basilica of St Bartholomew in Rome in January 2025; santiebeati.it also carries her under Testimoni (killed at Anapu, Brazil, 12/13 February 2
- Wikidata Q465318 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Dorothy Stang (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.