On June 11, 2019, Pope Francis received in an audience Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and promulgated several decrees and among them:
–heroic virtue of the Servant of God Augustus Tolten, diocesan priest; born in Brush Creek, Missouri on 1 April 1854 and died in Chicago on 9 July 1897.
He will be known as the Venerable Servant of God Augustus Tolten.
Father Tolten studied theology in Rome and was ordained in the Basilica of St. John Lateran on 24 April 1886 and celebrated his First Mass at the Vatican Basilica the next day.
The Archdiocese of Chicago is handling the sainthood cause. See the website here.
Let us pray for this sainthood cause for the renewal of the priesthood, especially here in the USA.