THE ARCHBISHOP FULTON JOHN SHEEN FOUNDATION

Promoting the Cause- Leading others to Christ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 1, 2009 Media Contact:

Sara Worrell

309.671.1550 x 309

sworrell@cdop.org

BISHOP LeVOIR TO AID IN THE CANONIZATION OF A SAINT:

HIS EXCELLENCY JOINS THE ARCHBISHOP FULTON J SHEEN FOUNDATION

PEORIA, IL-- The Archbishop Fulton John Sheen Foundation is pleased to welcome His Excellency Bishop John M. LeVoir to the Episcopal Advisory Board for the Cause for Beatification of the Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J Sheen. Bishop LeVoir joins bishops from around the US in supporting the cause. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) was a universally popular evangelist, radio/TV personality, writer and missionary. In 2002, his cause for beatification and canonization was officially opened by the Diocese of Peoria, IL, Sheen’s birthplace. The Sheen Foundation is the official promoter of the beatification cause. The Foundation welcomes Bishop LeVoir and encourages the Diocese to visit the Foundation’s website, www.archbishopsheencause.org to learn more about Archbishop Sheen’s Canonization and how to help the Cause.

About the Fulton John Sheen Foundation:

The purpose of the Sheen Foundation is to make known the life, works and thoughts of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, to educate people in the values that he taught, to assist the missions to which he dedicated his life, to assist others in seeking his intercession, and to undertake and pursue all acts ancillary thereto, including, but not limited to, the advancement of the Cause of Canonization of Archbishop Sheen in the Catholic Church, according to the process prescribed in the Code of Canon Law under the supervision of the bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois.

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