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Miracle baby’s mom reflects on Archbishop Sheen ahead of beatification Mass

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in cassock, ferraiolo and pectoral cross, standing among bookshelves beside a carved statue of the Madonna and Child, on the set of his television programme.
Fulton J. Sheen on the set of his television programme. Fred Palumbo, 1952. Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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Bonnie Engstrom joined Bishop Louis Tylka and Msgr. Jason Gray to speak with media on September 24 ahead of the beatification Mass for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis. Engstrom shared her experience regarding the miracle attributed to Sheen's intercession, which involved the revival of her son, James Fulton Engstrom.

In 2010, doctors struggled to revive the newborn James for 61 minutes without a pulse. Engstrom had prayed for Sheen's help during her pregnancy. A medical board approved the recovery as a miracle in 2014, and Pope Francis authorized the attribution of the miracle to Sheen in 2019. James, who turned 16 on September 16, lives in suburban Peoria, Illinois, where Sheen was ordained and is buried.

Msgr. Gray, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria and executive director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, led the 2011 investigation into the birth. Engstrom described the upcoming beatification ceremony at The Dome at America’s Center as a foretaste of heaven.

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