Beatification Cause for Minnesota Benedictine Sister Opens

Minnesota diocese to open Sister Annella Zervas’ sainthood cause in October

Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced in a video message Aug. 20, 2025, that he will soon open the sainthood cause of Sister Annella Zervas, OSB, making it the first sainthood cause ever opened in the northerly Minnesota dioce... [...]

Beatification Cause for Minnesota Benedictine Sister Opens

A cause for the canonization for Sister Annella Zervas, pictured in an undated photo, is moving forward, announced Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., Aug. 20, 2025. Sister Annella was a Benedictine sister from Minnesota who died in 1926 at age 26 after enduring a terrible and mysterious illness with steadfast faith and trust in God’s will. (Photo: OSV News/courtesy Sister Annella Guild) by Maria Wiering (OSV News) — The beatification…

Beatification cause for Minnesota Benedictine sister opens

The beatification cause for Sister Annella Zervas, a Benedictine sister from Minnesota, will formally begin this fall, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced Aug. 20.

Beatification cause for Minnesota Benedictine sister opens - Catholic Review

The beatification cause for Sister Annella Zervas, a Benedictine sister from Minnesota, will formally begin this fall, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., announced Aug. 20. Bishop Cozzens said a Mass opening the cause’s diocesan phase will be held Oct. 9 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston. A cause for the canonization for Sister Annella Zervas, pictured in an undated photo, is moving forward, announced Bishop …

Beatification cause for Minnesota Benedictine sister opens - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

(OSV News) — The beatification cause for Sister Annella Zervas, a Benedictine sister from Minnesota, will formally begin this fall, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced Aug. 20. Bishop Cozzens said a Mass opening the cause’s diocesan phase will be held Oct. 9 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston. The Mass was scheduled after Bishop Cozzens received a declaration of “nihil obstat” from the Dicastery fo…