The Positio: the fruit of lengthy research

Expo – Marie-Rose 4. Congregational Seal on Wood

All the documents collected and used in the process of arguing the Case for Mother Marie-Rose’s  Canonization are collected in two volumes called “The Positio” (in Latin positio supervirtutibus or position on the virtues).

This imposing document – it’s not unusual for a positio to run to over 1,000 pages – brings together the evidence gathered during a thorough diocesan investigation into the virtues of the candidate. The first volume, Positio – Super Causae Introductione, contains a biographical profile, the history of the Case and the virtues of the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM).

The second volume, Positio – Super Virtutibus, brings together the testimonials on which the information gathered in the first book is based.

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