The Cause

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
  • Jeff & Patricia Alcorn
  • Father Arthur Anderson, OFM
  • Jerry B. Doss
  • Rev. Msgr. Leo Enlow
  • Bishop Raymond Goedert
  • Father David Jones
  • Sandra & David Kelly
  • Father Michael W. Penn
  • Charles Scholz
  • David & Janice Scott
  • Linda Tuggle
  • Dr. C. Vanessa White
  • Kathryn F. Worthen

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