To view a photo album of the day, click the button below. During the October 1998 beatification celebration in Rome, the Mother Theodore Guerin banner hung in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican.
Beatification is one step removed from canonization.
It is a formal act of the Roman Catholic Church declaring that the person led a life of heroic virtue and that God has performed at least one miracle through the intercession of that person. Today, the Sisters of Providence, a Congregation of 600 sisters, minister in 26 states, the District of Columbia, Taiwan and Antigua. All rights reserved.