Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Born: May 8, 1895
Death: December 9, 1979
Cause for Sainthood Opened: 2002
Declared Venerable: June 28, 2012

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, born in Illinois in 1985, was the eldest of four sons and consecrated at his baptism to the Blessed Virgin Mary by his mother, and he himself continued the consecration at his First Communion. Ordained to the priesthood at age 24, Fulton went on to both attend and teach at the Catholic University of America. In 1930, after a few brief stints on the radio, Sheen began hosting a weekly Sunday night radio broadcast, The Catholic Hour and by 1950 the audience had grown to 4 million listeners. In 1952 after being ordained a bishop, he began a weekly television program called Life Is Worth Living, which he won an Emmy for Most Outstanding Personality. In 1979, he met St. John Paul II who told him: “You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus. You are a loyal son of the Church!”

Read about his life of loyalty here.

Seek Fulton Sheen’s intercession using the prayers below:

• Prayer for the Canonization of Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen
• Prayer for the Intercession of Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen