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Two saints for the Holy Land
Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal announced on November 1, 2014, the Feast of All Saints, that 2015 will see the canonization of two saints from the Holy Land.
Patriarch Twal announced that the two Holy Land nuns, Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified, Maryam Bawardi, and Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Ghattas will be canonized in 2015.
Maryam Bawardi, born in the village of Ibillin in Galilee and founder of the Carmel monastery in Bethlehem, and Marie-Alphonsine Ghattas, born in Ein Karem and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary, both lived in the second part of the 19th century.
Maryam Bawardi was beatified in 1983 and Marie-Alphonsine Ghattas was beatified in 2009.
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