SUMMARY OF
VENERABLE HENRIETTE DELILLE'S
CANONIZATION PROCESS
1988 - Process initiated. Sister Rose de Lima Hazeur, Superior General, requested
Archbishop Philip Hannan to petition Rome to begin the process of canonization
of Mother Henriette Delille, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Mother
Henriette was called Servant of God, the first step in the canonization process.
From 1988 until 2005 historians and theologians researched and studies Henriette's life.
2005 - The life, virtues, and reputation of sanctity of Henriette Delille were tried at the Archdiocesan New Orleans Tribunal and an alleged miracle attributed to her intercession was tried in the Galveston-Houston Tribunal.
2006 - All documents, nearly 6,000 pages, were signed, boxed, sealed, sent to Rome and registered at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. These documents were declared valid on November 10.
2007 - The Positio, a compilation and defense of all the documents, written by our Postulator, Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, on Henriette’s Life, Virtues and Reputation of Sanctity was completed.
2008 - Seven historians approved the Positio.