The Beatification – see on line
At the Sanctuary of the ‘Beata Vergine Maria Madre di Dio Incoronata – beatification of M. Celeste Crostarosa took place on June 18 2016. Sisters from 5 continents representing most of the Communities of the Redemptoristines’ Order participated in the celebrations presided by H.E. Mons. Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Vatican Congregation of the Causes of Saints.
At the Sanctuary of the ‘Beata Vergine Maria Madre di Dio Incoronata – beatification of M. Celeste Crostarosa took place on June 18 2016. Sisters from 5 continents representing most of the Communities of the Redemptoristines’ Order participated in the celebrations presided by H.E. Mons. Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Vatican Congregation of the Causes of Saints.The Superior General of the Redemptorist Congregation Fr. Michael Brehl, numerous Bishops and priests concelebrated.
Read Card. Amato’s homily here:
Prayer to Blessed M. Celeste
Confident in your intercession
and sustained by the example of your life,
we invoke you,
O blessed mother Maria Celeste.
You knew Christ the Redeemer
as the word of life in the Gospel,
whom you have assimilated as Saviour
in contemplation of his mysteries,
you have manifested as a living memory
in the participation of the Eucharist,
help those seeking truth and peace
to meet Him
in the mercy of the Church,
in the joy of fraternal communion,
in charity to the poor and the suffering,
so that all are found in concordance
in the embrace of love of the Father.