Cause for Canonization

Read more here: Michelle Duppong's Extraordinary Ordinary Life

Servant of God Michelle Duppong Guild 

The Michelle Duppong Guild is a group of individuals tasked with promoting an awareness of the life of Servant of God Michelle Duppong

Contact the Guild:

Email duppongguild@bismarckdiocese.com

To Report a Favor

Please report any special favors granted to  [email protected]

On Nov. 1, 2022, All Saints' Day, Bishop David Kagan celebrated the Opening Mass for the Cause for Canonization of Michelle Duppong.

PUBLICATION OF THE POSTULATOR’S PETITION

Dearly Beloved in Christ,
            In the name of the ‘Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ (FOCUS), Father Thomas J. Grafsgaard, appointed as postulator and approved by myself as postulator, requested me to initiate the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Michelle Duppong, former FOCUS Missionary and Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Diocese of Bismarck who died on December 25th, 2015, at Haymarsh in this diocese.
            After having consulted with the Holy See, my brother bishops and the faithful of this diocese; and having verified the existence of a true and widespread reputation of sanctity, enjoyed by her during her life and growing ever stronger after her death, as well as ample evidence of the granting of graces and favors by God through her intercession, I, David D. Kagan, Bishop of Bismarck, do hereby make public the petition of Father Thomas J. Grafsgaard, the postulator of this cause, and thus declare I am initiating the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Michelle Christine Duppong.
            In conformity with “The Norms to be Observed in Inquiries Made by Bishops in the Causes of Saints”, published by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on February 7, 1983, I also call upon any and all who may have useful information regarding the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Michelle Christine Duppong to bring such documents, materials or information to my attention.
            Given at Bismarck, North Dakota, on this 1st day of November in the year of Our Lord 2022.                              
Bishop David D. Kagan                                              
Bishop of Bismarck