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  • Sainthood sought for Gallitzin

    03/10/2007 11:29:43 AM PST · by Cavalcabo · 28 replies · 365+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 3-10-07 | Ann Rodgers
    Tomorrow in Loretto's Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, Frank and Betty Seymour will present Bishop Joseph Adamec with the petition for sainthood for Father Demetrius Gallitzin, an 18th century Russian prince who converted to Catholicism and became a pioneering missionary in Western Pennsylvania. "He literally gave up everything to pursue a life of extraordinary hardship, in order to plant the Catholic church here on this frontier," said Betty Seymour, a retired teacher from Loretto, Cambria County. Her research, with that of her husband, has made them "co-postulators," or head researchers, of Father Gallitzin's cause for canonization. The ceremony at...
  • First priest ordained in the US on road to sainthood

    06/12/2005 9:44:20 AM PDT · by NYer · 18 replies · 472+ views
    Catholic News Agency ^ | June 10, 2005
    Loretto, PA., Jun. 10, 2005 (CNA) - A Russian prince who left his wealth behind to come to America and be the first priest ordained in the United States has received his first nod from the Vatican on his road to sainthood.The Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has named Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin a Servant of God, announced Bishop Joseph Adamec of Altoona-Johnstown on Monday.  Fr. Gallitzin left Europe at age 29 and entered a Baltimore monastery in 1795. He became the first priest to be ordained in the U.S. After his ordination, he used his inherited wealth to...