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Blessed

Michael McGivney

Priest
Type of Cause
Heroic Virtues
birtH – Death
08/12/1852 - 08/14/1890
Birth Location
Waterbury, Connecticut
Region of Country
Mid-Atlantic
State or territory
Connecticut

"'Unity and Charity' is our motto.  Unity in order to gain strength to be charitable to each other in benevolence whilst we live and financial aid to those whom we have to mourn our loss."

- Blessed Michael McGivney

Name of Guild or Sponsoring Organization
Guild
Diocese leading cause
Hartford
Location of Shrine or Burial
Feast day
August 13
Email info for cause or shrine
Address for cause or shrine
Father McGivney Guild 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510
Date Declared
Servant of God
9/15/1997
Date positio
Approved
03/11/2008
Date Declared
VEnerable
3/15/2008
1st set of miracles approveD
or Decree of Martyrom
or Offer of Life
05/26/2020
DatE
Beatified
10/31/2020
2nd set of miracles
Approved
DatE
Canonized
Biography

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Prayer for Beatification or Canonization or intercession

          God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Blessed Michael McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor.

          Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast.

          We humbly ask that you glorify Blessed Michael McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord.

          Amen.

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