Mother Marianne pilgrims will have a part in beatification rituals
By Patrick Downes
Hawaii Catholic Herald
People from Hawaii and Syracuse will have parts to play in the Vatican beatification ceremony of Mother Marianne of Molokai.
According to the director of her cause, Sister of St. Francis Mary Laurence Hanley, beatification pilgrims will sing in a choir, serve as readers and participate in the offertory procession.
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside at the liturgy which, as of May 2, was to be either on May 14 or 16. The location of the ceremony was not confirmed at that date.
To get ready for the ceremony, which was originally to be held on May 15 in St. Peter’s Square, Sister Mary Laurence Hanley and assistant minister of the Sisters of St. Francis Sister Grace Anne Dillenscheider had visited the Vatican, March 16-20, for a briefing.
They discussed and planned the event with Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel, an official of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the postulator for Mother Marianne’s cause Franciscan Father Ernesto Piacentini and Vatican liturgical official Msgr. Giulio Viviani.