Steps to Sainthood: The Canonization Process
How does a person become a saint? There are four main steps in the process. Can you guess the correct order?
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Speaker 1: 15 seconds.
Leesa: What?
Speaker 2: Ready? When I say-
Leesa: I ain’t never been quick.
Catholic 101 Steps to Sainthood
How to Play: Correctly order the sainthood process in under 15 seconds.
Sara: All right. Um…
Trae: Oh!
Dakai: You’re right, you’re right.
Sean: Blessed. Um…
Joe: Oh. Venerable, blessed, saint.
Brandon: Yeah.
(Ding)
(Ding)
Dain: Yeah!
Sarah: Yeah! Oh, I missed.
Speaker 3: Correct.
(Ding)
Dakai: Yeah.
Sean: Let’s go.
Servant of God: Someone’s cause for sainthood is accepted by the Vatican and they begin an investigation.
Venerable: The Vatican approves the application and declares the person lived with heroic virtue.
Blessed: One miracle is attributed to the person’s intercession.
Saint: Two miracles are attributed to the person’s intercession and they are lifted up as an example of holiness for the worldwide Church.
Leesa: Say that word. Yeah, see, I don’t even know what that means, so we’re going to switch this because maybe…
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