New York

Patron saint of immmigrants, Mother Cabrini's shrine in located in New York City. You can learn more about the shrine here. St. Frances Cabrini was the first US citizen canonized a saint on July 7, 1946. More to come about this great saint!

The Shrine to St. Marianne Cope is located in Syracuse, NY.  Learn more about visiting the shrine and museum here. You do need an appointment.

St. Marianne Cope is the 11th American saint canonized on October 21, 2012. She was a Sister of St. Francis. She first served in central New York and then spent 35 years serving the lepers in Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii. 

 More to come about this amazing saint! 

This Jesuit martyr's shrine is located in Auresville, NY at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs, pictured at left. Learn about visiting the shrine here. More to come on this amazing saint.

The birthplace of this saint, known as the Lily of the Mohawks,  is located at the Shrine of the North American martyrs in Auresville, NY. Learn more about visiting here. More about this great saint to come.

 Fr. Felxi was born in Havana on Nov. 20, 1788. He studied as a child in St. Augustine, FL. He was ordained a priest at 23 years old. He was elected to serve in the Spanish Parliament as the Cuban representative where he proposed a law calling for the abolition of slavery. Another law called for self-rule for Spain's colonies in the Americas. He was exiled from Cuba for 30 years until 1823. During this time, Fr. Varela worked in the Archdiocese of New York, as vicar general and advocate for Irish immigrants. He died in St. Augustine, Florida.

His remains are at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, where they can be viewed today. 

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Paul of Graymoor founded the Franciscan Fathers of the Atonement. His cause was opened by the Archdiocese of New York in 2016. Read more here.

Born in Ireland January 21, 1893, she joined the Little Sisters of the Poor and came to America to serve in Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and the Bronx. She felt called to leave the Little Sisters and start her own congregation, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. Her cause for canonization is with the Diocese of Albany, NY. Learn more about Mother and watch a beautiful biography video at her Society website here. You will love her!

More to come on this Discaled Carmelite who was born in New York and died in Spain  in 1893. For now, read about her here. 

Ven Antionetta was born in New York in 1909. Her mother died when she was 5, so her father moved the family back to Italy. She started a religious order and died in 1960.

Born in New York City, he became one of the founders of the Paulist Fathers. The US Bishops voted in November, 2023 to advance his cause of beatification and canonization. His cause was formally opened in 2008. Now his cause will be publicized in the Archdiocese of New York, where the Paulist fathers have their headquarters. Read an article from Catholic News Agency here.

Francis Ford was born in Brooklyn, January 11, 1892. He attended St. Joseph's school and Cathedral College in Manhattan. He was ordained in 1917, made a bishop in 1935 and was martyred in China February 21, 1952. 

Ven Baker, was a priest in Buffalo, NY. He died  in 1936. He served in the Civil War, then helped his brother with a family business before joining the seminary at a "late vocation." Read more about him here. There is a great story of how he had a well dug for natural gas that is still working today. He buried a statue for Our Lady of Victory on the spot. It supplied gas to heat the orphanage and surrounding houses in Corning, NY. He started a home for abandoned infants and a hospital. He built the  Basilica to Our Lady of Victory where you will find his tomb. He was named Venerable in 2011. Read more about his cause here and make a pilgrimage to his shrine and museum. People of Buffalo, take up his cause!

Servant of God Capodanno was a Navy Chaplain who served with the Marines in Vietnam.  He was unarmed and attending to wounded marines. He died from 27 bullet wounds.   

Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the Navy Bronze Star medal, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star and the Purple Heart Medal. Chapels bearing his name are the  chapel at the Navy Chaplains School at Newport, RI, and chapels at  Oakland, CA, Camp Pendleton, CA, Fort Wadsworth, NY, Iwakuni, Japan, and Thiankou, Taiwans. The USS Cappodanno,is named in his honor. More to come, for now read more here.

More to come on this priest from Brooklyn who championed racial equality. He died in 1940.

Rose Hawthorne was the foundress of the Hawthorne Dominicans, and  daughter of poet Nathaniel Hawthorne. More to come, but read about her cause here. 

Archbishop of New York from 1968-1983. Died in 1983. More to come

Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Worker Movement. Read more here about her cause.

More about this remarkable man who was a former slave. He lived in New York City. He died in 1853.

Mary Teresa Tallon's cause was opened in 2013 by the Archdiocese of New York. Her tomb is at the  Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate in Monroe, NY. Read more about her life and cause here.