First-Class Relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen Finds Permanent Home at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

First-Class Relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen Finds Permanent Home at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

One week after his beatification, a first-class relic of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen was received at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Oct. 1, marking what Archbishop Ronald Hicks called a “homecoming” for the famed Catholic evangelist and former New York auxiliary bishop.

St. Patrick's Cathedral receives Fulton Sheen relic for permanent veneration

A first-class relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen was enshrined at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, honoring his ministry in New York and allowing Catholics to venerate him.

Blessed Fulton Sheen's relic doesn't speak to everyone

The first-class relic of Fulton Sheen was presented during his beatification Mass Sept. 24. As images of Sheen's mandible have spread on social media, reactions have been strong and swift.

First Class Relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen Received at St. Patrick’s Cathedral - The Good Newsroom

Bishop Louis Tylka of Blessed Sheen’s home diocese of Peoria, Ill., presented the relic to Archbishop Hicks and St. Patrick’s Cathedral just one week after Archbishop Sheen’s beatification.