Cora Evans Explained

Honorific Prefix:Servant of God
Cora Louise Evans
Birth Date:Cora Louise Yorgason Evans
9 July 1904
Birth Place:Midvale, Utah, United States
Death Place:Boulder Creek, California, United States

Cora Louise Evans (July 9, 1904 – March 30, 1957) was an American wife and mother who was raised Mormon and eventually converted to Catholicism in 1935. She is considered to be a mystic.[1]

Conversion and visions

Evans was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but became disillusioned with the church and was baptized into the Catholic Church in 1935 in Utah.[2] Her husband and daughters did the same soon after.[3]

She later said she received visions of Jesus and Mary, which she promoted as "The Mystical Humanity of Christ."[4] Her cause for sainthood has been approved by the Holy See, gaining her the title Servant of God, and her cause is being handled by the Diocese of Monterey in California.

Veneration

In June 2010, the cause of beatification and canonization was officially opened. Twelve years later, in the fall of 2022, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to advance the cause to the diocesan level.[5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Vatican OKs investigation into Cora Evans sainthood cause . Catholic News Agency . Valerie . Schmalz . July 13, 2012.
  2. News: Emmons . Mark . 24 September 2013 . Vatican considering Santa Cruz Mountains mystic for sainthood . The Mercury News . 5 October 2016.
  3. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252793/meet-the-3-women-us-bishops-are-considering-for-sainthood Yoder, Katie. "Meet the 3 women the U.S. bishops are considering for sainthood", Catholic News Agency, November 13, 2022
  4. Web site: Servant of God Cora Evans. The Mystical Humanity of Christ. Michael . McDevitt.
  5. Web site: U.S. Bishops Affirm Advancement of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Servant of God Cora Louise Evans USCCB . 2023-02-17 . www.usccb.org . en.