On March 18, the Diocese of Jackson received confirmation that Sister Thea’s boxes had arrived at the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and were officially opened by dicastery officials as part of a studium (class) teaching canon law students about the canonization process. Sister Thea is still teaching even in death.
Normally, it takes several months after arrival for the boxes to be scheduled for an official opening, but Sister Thea’s boxes arrived and two weeks later they are open.
The next step is to receive a decree of validity from the dicastery, which verifies that all the documents are in order and the process has been followed. Once this decree is received by our postulator, Emanuele Spedicato, the hard work of writing the “positio” or position paper will begin in earnest.
Keep the prayers coming!