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Ahead of Beatification, the Women Behind Archbishop Sheen's Missionary Work Remember Hidden Labor

Women processed 8,000 to 10,000 letters a day and turned Sheen’s appeals into donations, thank-yous and mission support, staff said.

Summary by Catholic Review
(OSV News) — When Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, attention will rightly fall on the celebrated television preacher whose broadcasts brought Catholic teaching into millions of American homes. But for almost two decades, behind Archbishop Sheen’s extraordinary reach stood a largely unknown group of women who opened thousands of letters, recorded donations, thanked contributors, and helped transform his words into ma…

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The Catholic Sun broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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