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‘Very passionate, very joyful’ - FOCUS missionary’s canonization cause opens

A Pillar interview

Michelle La Rosa
Jun 18, 2022
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Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck this week opened the canonization cause of Michelle Duppong, a Catholic woman who died in 2015 at age 31.

Michelle Duppong. Diocese of Bismarck.

Michelle spent six years as a missionary for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), serving in Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. In 2012, she became the dir…

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