The official start of Sister Clare Crockett’s candidacy for sainthood was marked by a ceremony held on 12 January in the Catedral Magistral de los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor near Madrid, Spain.
It follows the Londonderry nun being declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church, which is the first step towards becoming a saint, in November 2024.
"Never in a million years did we think she was going to be a nun, never mind make her way to sainthood," Shauna Gill, the younger sister of Sr Clare, told the BBC before the ceremony, adding that though the service would be emotional, the family would be "beaming with pride".
