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A Hawthorne Dominican sister, at right, accompanied a patient on a morning walk at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in this file photo. This year, the Atlanta home marks 85 years of caring for those with incurable cancers.

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Rose Hawthorne’s remarkable life story in the spotlight as sainthood cause advances 

Pope Francis authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to decree as “venerable” Mother Mary Alphonsa Hawthorne—also known as Rose Hawthorne. She was founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Rose of Lima, who serve in New York and Atlanta.