The Congregational Postulator is Sr Anne Lyons. Sister Anne was appointed Congregational Postulator in September 2020.
A Postulator is the person who guides a cause for beatification or canonization through the judicial processes required by the Roman Catholic Church.
You can contact her on postulator@pbvm.org
Having successfully completed the required course for Postulators in 2023, Anne is officially recognised by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints as Postulator for our Congregation.
Nano Nagle was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2013. The next stage in the process for beatification is for Nano to be declared as Blessed. For beatification the Church requires one miracle.
When a person is declared Blessed, s/he is proposed to the local Church for veneration and imitation. In the process of verifying that a miracle has occurred, through the intercession of a Servant of God (for example Nano Nagle), the Church follows a very specific and detailed process. Learn more…
What is needed in furthering Nano’s cause?
- Ongoing prayer and devotion to Venerable Nano Nagle.
- A written account of any favours – great or small, received from God, through the intercession of Venerable Nano Nagle.
- If you have such records, please fill out this form and we can then enter the information into the Book of Favours.
In November 2024, Sr Anne had the opportunity to meet with Pope Francis for a third time.
In November 2023, Sr Anne met with Pope Francis for a second time.
In October 2022, Sr Anne met with Pope Francis for the first time and presented the Booklet The Story of Nano Nagle: A Life Lived on the Razor’s Edge to him.
Updates from Congregational Postulator
Greetings once again from Rome. It’s been some time since I have been in touch with you all, so allow me to offer an update. Covid 19 impacted on all our lives. My plans for study and attendance for the Studium 2020- 2021 were put on hold as I returned to Ireland. Over that period, I was busily engaged promoting Nano Nagle, through a variety of invitations, requests for interviews and engagements, mainly online; a consequence of the publication of the Booklet: Nano Nagle- A Life lived on the Razor’s Edge.
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Saluti da Roma! C’è sole with the temperature to rise into the 30’s this coming week. I can affirm that Rome is open for business post Covid 19, as evidenced by the buzzing sounds of laughter at the nearby Trattoria; not to mention the long trail of visitors to Basilicas, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum which are all within walking distance of the Pontifical University. Oh, to be a tourist!
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Greetings once again to each of you across the globe! You may have been wondering had I ‘disappeared’ this past year? Metaphorically speaking ‘yes’ but my disappearance was under a volume of books, lectures, study, thesis and exams for the second and final year of the Advanced Diploma Course for Postulators.
The life of a studentessa at the Pontifical Lateran University has come to an end. The happy news is that as of 7 July, having successfully finished all exams and l’esame finale, I am now officially recognised by the Dicastery of the Saints as Postulator for our Congregation.
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Advent and Christmas greetings to one and all from the Postulator's desk here in Ballyphehane, Cork City. I am aware that there has been a passage of time since my last communication with you all, but be assured that I have been actively 'on the job'!!
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Recently, I stumbled on the following text written by the late Paul Molinari SJ. He wrote, "the careful presentation of one who has lived a life so like our own and yet given to Christ, has proven time and again to be the trigger of new Faith and new Hope." Venerable Nano Nagle is a true example of such wholehearted response to her baptismal call through her daring faith and hope and her willingly risked all.
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