The Cause

The Father Tolton Guild

Official Organization for the Promotion of the Cause of Canonization of Father Augustus Tolton.

Guild Members:

• Bishop Joseph N. Perry
  Diocesan Postulator for
  The Cause of Father Augustus Tolton
• Jeff & Patricia Alcorn
  Herscher, Illinois
• Father Arthur Anderson, OFM
  Sacred Heart Province Franciscan Fathers
• Thomas Berry
  Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of Chicago
• Father Manuel Dorantes
  St. Clement Parish, Chicago
• Monsignor Leo Enlow
  Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
• Bishop Raymond Goedert
  Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, retired
• Father Peter Harman
  Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
• Mr. & Mrs. Rakim A. Jihaad
  Evanston, Illinois
• Father David Jones
  St. Benedict the African Parish, Chicago
• Sandra & David Kelly
  Chesterton, Indiana
• Father Antoine Leason, SVD
  Divine Word Missionaries
  Chicago, Illinois
• Andrew & Terri Lyke
  Matteson, Illinois
• Norma T. Mullon
  Chicago, Illinois
• Father Michael W. Penn
  Diocese of Jefferson City
• Father Elric Sampson, OFM
  Sacred Heart Province Franciscan Fathers
• Irene Solecki
  Kankakee, Illinois
• Linda Tuggle
  Chicago, Illinois
• Dr. C. Vanessa White
  Augustus Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program
  Catholic Theological Union
• Dr. Kathryn Worthen
  St. Ailbe Parish, Chicago

Father Augustus Tolton Cause for Canonization

Historical Commission Members:

• Father Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., S.T.L., Ph.D.
  St. Meinrad Archabbey
  St. Meinrad, Indiana
• Dr. Cecilia Moore, M.A., Ph.D.
  University of Dayton
  Dayton, Ohio
• Mr. John J. Treanor, M.C., C.A., C.R.M
  Vice Chancellor Archives
  Archdiocese of Chicago
• Father Martin Zielinski, M.Div., M.A., Ph.D.
  University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary
  Mundelein, Illinois

Father Augustus Tolton Cause of Canonization

Theological Commission Members:

• Father Michael J. K. Fuller, S.T.D.
  Executive Director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
• Father Lawrence Hennessey, Ph.D.
  University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary
  Mundelein, Illinois
• Father Charles Meyer, S.T.D.
  University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary
  Mundelein, Illinois