The diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, has completed its local enquiry into the cause of Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory and is forwarding the case to the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints. A 20-minute ceremony inside the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center at diocesan headquarters formally concluded the local inquiry Monday, the Courier News reports.
"I'm pleased that the investigation was completed within four months," said Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski. "We were honored to be asked by the Vatican to investigate the possible miracle," Bootkoski added.
The case in question involves a family in the general diocesan area who has not been identified for reasons of privacy, according to diocesan spokeswoman Joanne Ward. The diocese includes parishes in Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties.
The family had prayed to McCrory - the foundress of The Carmelite Sisters For the Aged and Infirm in Germantown, N.Y. - to intercede with God after their unborn child was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality. When the baby was born, the defect was not present in the degree that it had been expected.
The miracle and the birth occurred in the Diocese of Oakland, Calif.
McCrory was considered a woman of great faith, and spent her life caring for the elderly and ailing in long-term care facilities operated by the order, which runs 17 facilities around the country. She died in 1984 at age 91.
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