At the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri 45,000 pilgrims gathered from 48 states and 12 countries for Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification. Now, he is Blessed Fulton Sheen.
In Brooklyn, one retired priest has spent decades preserving Blessed Fulton Sheen’s legacy — not just through his words, but through a personal collection of letters, books and rare memorabilia that reveals the man behind the microphone.
Among the thousands in the crowd at the Sept. 24 beatification Mass was Sean D’Arcy, who as a child had a personal encounter with the possible future saint.