Mary Theresa Dudzik
Catholic nun
Who they were
Mary Theresa Dudzik (August 30, 1860 – September 20, 1918) was an American Catholic religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Kunegunda. Today they are the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago.
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The miracles
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 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.
- Catholic New World (Archdiocese of Chicago) - "Polish sisters in Lemont work on founder's cause" — The Chicago archdiocesan paper reports the cause of Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik (1860-1918), foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, who was declared Venerable in 1994.
- Wikidata Q18031468 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mary Theresa Dudzik (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.