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Servant of God

Francis Joseph Parater

Seminarian
Type of Cause
Heroic Virtues
birtH – Death
10/10/1897 - 02/07/1920
Birth Location
Richmond, Virginia
Region of Country
Mid-Atlantic
State or territory
Virginia

“I have nothing to leave or to give but my life and this I have consecrated to the Sacred Heart to be used as He wills…every action of my life here is offered to God for the spread and success of the Catholic Church in Virginia. …I shall be of more service to my diocese in Heaven than I can ever be on earth.”

- Servant of God Francis Joseph Parater

Name of Guild or Sponsoring Organization
Guild
Diocese leading cause
Richmond
Location of Shrine or Burial
Feast day
N/A
Email info for cause or shrine

Unknown

Address for cause or shrine
Beatification Committee 811 Cathedral Place Richmond, VA 23220
Date Declared
Servant of God
05/08/2001
Date positio
Approved
Date Declared
VEnerable
1st set of miracles approveD
or Decree of Martyrom
or Offer of Life
DatE
Beatified
2nd set of miracles
Approved
DatE
Canonized
Biography

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Prayer for Beatification or Canonization or intercession

          Loving Father, your servant Frank Parater sought perfection as a student, scout and seminarian. He offered himself to you completely through the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

          Through his intercession, may young people answer your call to follow Jesus as priests, deacons and religious.

          Grant, as well, the favors I seek, so that your Church will recognize his holiness and proclaim him Blessed.

          Grant this through Christ our Lord.  

          Amen.

Imprimatur:  Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond
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