Mother Marie Eugenie, founder of the Assumption Order of nuns (pic'd alongside), is set to be declared a saint by the Vatican and not Mother Teresa, renowned for her charitable work in Calcutta, as has been rumored in text messages, the Archdiocese of Manila said Thursday.Following the circulation of text messages on the supposed canonization of Mother Teresa, Manila Archdiocese information director Peachy Yamsuan clarified that it is Mother Marie Eugenie who is set to be declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI.
Yamsuan added that she herself had received the mobile phone message that read: “Mother Teresa is going to be declared a saint within three hours, in Rome. Your three petitions will be granted in her name, if you pray now. Send this to at least five people."Yamsuan also said that the Missionaries of Charity in the Philippines, a branch of the congregation founded by Mother Teresa, also denied the veracity of the text message.
The Vatican is set to declare sainthood of Mother Eugenie, after the Pope formally recognized on December 16 last year a miracle attributed to her intercession. The office of the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines said the Vatican has not yet officially announced the date for the canonization of Mother Eugenie.
Blessed Mother Marie Eugenie Milleret, born in Metz, France in 1817, founded the Religious of the Assumption in Paris in 1839. She died in 1898.
Under her leadership, the group grew to become a worldwide organization dedicated to the education of young women. She envisioned a society transformed by education and contemplation and a world in which “no one oppresses another".
The Catholic Church is also set to hold a month-long celebration called “Mother Marie Eugenie Month" from Feb. 9 to March 10.
The Vatican has yet to officially begin the canonization of Mother Teresa. She is already considered “Blessed" –meaning beatified – a step towards becoming a saint of the Catholic Church. Mother Teresa earned worldwide acclaim for her many years of work in the slums of Calcutta, India and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
She died in 1997 at the age of 87.
-GMANews.TV
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