Fr. Solanus Casey's Cause

Fr. Benignus of Sant' Ilario writes of his great admiration for Fr. Casey:

Fr. Solanus was certainly an extraordinary man, a replica of St. Francis, a real Capuchin. The wonderful spontaneous tribute paid to him by Catholic and non-Catholic alike is surely an ample proof that our traditional spirituality is still very much capable of winning the people among whom we work to a realization of the primacy of the spiritual and Catholic outlook on life. May he still continue to do much good from heaven, bringing many souls nearer to God and inspiring his own Capuchin brothers with something of his humble spirit.

-- Document III, Fr. Benignus of Sant' Ilario, 12 February 1958, Positio (I), 292.

Fr. Solanus Casey was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II with the promulgation of the Decree of Heroic Virtue on July 11, 1995. Should he be canonized (Deo volente), he will be the first man born in the United States to be so.