Originally published at National Catholic Register

The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother announced that the opening ceremony of the cause will take place on Jan. 12, 2025, at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

The congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification.

The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother announced that the opening ceremony of Sister Clare’s cause will take place on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

The postulator of the cause will be Sister Kristen Gardner, also a member of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, who wrote a biography about Sister Clare in 2020 titled Sister Clare Crockett: Alone With Christ Alone.

In a statement to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Sister Kristen explained that “the cause began in Alcalá de Henares because it is our headquarters [of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother] and it was easier for us to carry out the cause from here. The transfer of jurisdiction was requested by the bishop of Portoviejo [Ecuador], and he gladly gave

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