in 1878 Tommaso Reggio, Archbishop of Genoa, who died in 1901 William Chaminade, who died in 1850 At the Beatification ceremony Pope John Paul II declared: He bequeathed to us an authentic treasury of spiritual teaching for the Church of our time. In his writings he teaches a way of holiness, simple and yet demanding, for all the faithful, whom God, through love, has destined to be his adopted children in Christ Jesus... May a wide rediscovery of the spiritual writings of Blessed Columba Marmion help priests, religious and laity to grow in union with Christ and bear faithful witness to Him through ardent love of God and generous service to their brothers and sisters. May Blessed Columba Marmion help us to live ever more intensely, to understand ever more deeply, our membership in the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ! Following the Beatification, Dom Marmion's Cause for Canonization has been opened and is very active. Recently (2009) the Archdiocese of Vancouver, Canada, began a canonical investigation into the cure of a man ravaged by a necrotizing fasciitis. He had been expected to die within hours. Both Marmion Abbey and Marmion Academy (established 1933) in Aurora, Illinois are named in his honor. Principal Works Thanks to Dom Raymond Thibaut, his secretary, the central teachings of Columba, delivered orally in French, were memorialized in writing as follows: Le Christ, vie de l'âme (1917) Le Christ dans ses Mystères (1919) Le Christ, idéal du moine (1922) Le Christ, idéal du prêtre (1951) These were translated into English, respectively, as follows: Christ, the Life of the Soul, English translation by "A Nun of Tyburn," i.e., Mother Mary St. Thomas, 1922 Christ in His Mysteries, English translation by Mother Mary St. Thomas, 1924 Christ the Ideal of the Monk, English translation by Mother Mary St. Thomas, 1926 Christ the Ideal of the Priest, English translation by Dom Matthew Dillon, 1958 Posthumous Works Published in English Sponsa Verbi: The Virgin Consecrated to Christ, translated by Dom Francis Izard (London: Sands, 1925) Words of Life on the Margin of the Missal, edited by Dom Raymond Thibaut (St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1939) Union with God According to the Letters of Direction of Dom Marmion, by Dom Raymond Thibaut (London: Sands and Co., 1949) Suffering with Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Dom Columba Marmion, compiled by Dom Raymond Thibaut (Westminster, Maryland: The Newman