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Sister Clare Crockett. / Credit: Courtesy of Servants of the Home of the Mother

7 Things to Know about Sister Clare Crockett

Nov 14, 2024

The community of Sister Clare Crockett, a young religious sister who died in 2016 in an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification.

Sister Thea Bowman. / Courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

Thea Bowman - Religious Sister, Civil Rights Advocate, Candidate for Sainthood

Jun 18, 2020

Sister Thea Bowman was the granddaughter of a slave, an advocate for racial justice, and the first African American woman to address the U.S. bishops' conference. Two years ago, her sainthood cause was opened.

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