Miracle ties Syracuse woman forever to Blessed Marianne Cope

Published: 2005-12-12

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) -- The life of Katherine "Kate" Mahoney, 27, will forever be entwined with that of Blessed Marianne Cope, who died in 1918 after spending 35 years ministering to leprosy patients on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. The young Syracuse woman's recovery from multiple organ failure and cardiac arrest 12 years ago was judged miraculous by the Catholic Church and attributed to the intercession of Mother Marianne, who was beatified last May. But Mahoney wants to be sure people understand that she herself is no miracle. She was the vehicle for Mother Marianne's miracle. It is Mother Marianne's story that she wants to share. Mahoney, members of her family, her health care providers and members of Mother Marianne's religious order, the Sisters of St. Francis, recently told the story of the miracle in interviews with the Catholic Sun, Syracuse diocesan newspaper.

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