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Jennifer Willems

Jennifer Willems, a longtime writer for the Catholic press, is a freelance writer in Peoria, Illinois.

Sheen beatification is back on — and Engstrom family says it will be ‘a little piece of heaven’

February 10, 2026
By Jennifer Willems
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Saints, World News

James’ heart started to beat just as the medical team at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria decided they were out of options. The newborn’s healing, which doctors could not explain, was attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Sheen. It became the miracle that cleared the way for his beatification.

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