New Optional Memorials for Bl. John Paul II and Bl. Marianne Cope, OSF

The US bishops at their annual meeting yesterday decided by a large margin to add two optional memorials to the Church calendar for the United States.

October 22 will be the date for Blessed Pope John Paul II. That date was chosen as it is the anniversary date of his election as pope in 1978.

The date for Blessed Marianne Cope, OSF has not yet been determined. The bishops are in conversation with the Holy See as to an appropriate date.

We all are aware of John Paul II. Most of us are unaware of Blessed Marianne Cope. She was a Franciscan who worked with the lepers in Hawaii. She followed in the footsteps of St. Damian who did the same on Molokai. 

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