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Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine Doherty, better known as Catherine Doherty, CM

Order of Canada

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, Servant of God

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(August 15, 1896–December 14, 1985) was a social activist and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate

Madonna House Apostolate

The Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of lay men, women, and priests dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life. It was founded in 1947 by Catherine Doherty in Combermere, Ontario and has established missionary field houses...

. A pioneer of social justice

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and a renowned national speaker

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, Catherine was also a prolific writer of hundreds of articles, best-selling author

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of dozens of books, and a dedicated wife and mother. Her cause for canonization

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as a saint is under consideration by the Catholic Church

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She was born Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine (Екатерина Фёдоровна Колышкина) in Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod

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, Russian Empire

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