How Do You Make a Saint? The First U.S. Canonization Center Will Teach You.

How do you make a saint? The first U.S. canonization center will teach you.

The six-day certification course aims to teach ‘how to honor deserving candidates and expedite their path to sainthood in the Vatican,’ according to the center’s website.

First US center to train Catholics on canonization process to open in 2026

(RNS) — The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, in early 2026. The Center for Sainthood, commissioned by San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone in an April 14 decree, aims to train sainthood enthusiasts on the inner workings of canonization. Announced earlier this month, the seminary’s six-day, in-person certification course…

Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France

Samuel Pruvot believes that there is a revival of Catholicism now, with an increasing commitment from practicing Catholics.

UMary becomes global center for Catholic Montessori certification

Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023 at the Christ the King Catholic Montessori Grade School in Mandan, North Dakota. / Credit: Mike McCleary/University of Mary CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The University of Mary has launched the world’s first Catholic Montessori Institute (CMI), making the institute the …

UMary Launches World’s First Catholic Montessori Institute

Mike McCleary Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023 at the Christ the King Catholic Montessori Grade School in Mandan, North Dakota. An estimated 22,000 Montessori education programs exist across 110 countries — but the institute is the first of its kind.