What is Canonization?

What are the steps?

How is a miracle defined?

Father Baker's Progress

Historical Significance

What does the future hold?

Historical Significance

When Father Baker is canonized, he could become:

• Just the third American-born saint ever.
• The first American-born male (and priest) ever sainted.

American Born Saints

Saint Elizabeth Seton

Lived from 1774 - 1821
Beatified in 1963
Canonized in 1975

Saint Katharine Drexel

Lived from 1858 - 1955
Beatified in 1988
Canonized in 2000