“Never in a million years did we think she was going to be a nun, never mind make her way to sainthood,” her sister, Shauna, told theBBC.
Crockett, who died during an earthquake in Ecuador in 2016, officially started her posthumous beatification journey with a special ceremony held in the Cathedral of Alcala de Henares in Madrid, Spain, last Sunday (January 12).
The ceremony marks the final stage of a long process that began in 2020, whenTheIrish Catholicreported some of her followers in her hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland, calling for her to become a saint.
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Clare Crockettwas born in Derry in November 1982.She’s been describedas an energetic childwho waspassionate about literature and theatre and enjoyed making her classmates laugh.
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By that point, Crockett already had her first “religious experience” while visiting Spain in 2000, feeling called to lead a religious life, and her part in the movie broke her in half.
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As herownwebsite explains, “When she went back to Ireland, she participated as a secondary actress in a film. She got caught up again in the whirlwind of superficiality and sin that the world of cinema offered her.”
Before becoming a nun, Crockett admitted to drinking and using drugs but left it all behind to travel the world helping children
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Seeking answers, she traveled to Rome, Italy for World Youth Day in August of that same year, where a priest told her surprising details about her childhood.
Only one year later, in the summer of 2001, Crockett chose to enlist in the convent of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, and she took the name Sister Clare Maria of the Trinity and the Heart of Mary.
“I lived very badly; I lived in mortal sin. I drank a lot, I smoked a lot, and I began to smoke drugs. I continued with my friends, with my boyfriend. I continuedin thesame way,” Claire said before becoming a nun.
“I didn’t have thestrengthto break with all these things because I didn’t ask the Lord to help me.”
Her new life took her to many corners of the world, including Spain, the United States, and Ecuador. She helped hospitals, taught music at schools in vulnerable communities, and worked as a missionary.
Sister Claire reportedly started performing miracles posthumously after followers began praying for her intercession at her grave
Crockett’s tragic passing occurred while she was playing the guitar and singing with her religious companions in Ecuador on April 16, 2016.
According to herbiography, Sister Claire knew something was about to happen that day and told her aspirants: “Why should I be afraid of death if I’m going to go with the One I have longed to be with my whole life?”
The news of her passing was a heavy hit for her community, which had grown to admire and idolize Crockett for the love she’d shown for years, using her talents to soothe the spirits of childrenaround the world.
Her followers started visiting her grave in the City Cemetery on Lone Moor Road, and many reported healings and fertility miracles after they prayed for herintercession. In January 2021, her order started taking the first steps toward her beautification.
In 2024, the Catholic Church declared Sister Clare Crockettto bea Servant of God, a title that officially recognizesthata religious figureison the path tobecoming a saint.
While most netizens were happy to hear about Sister Clare potentially becoming a saint, others wondered what miracles allowed her tobe consideredas such
“Exactly what miracles are associated with her that have propelled her toward canonization into sainthood?” one reader asked.
According to her biography and other sources, Sister Clare’s intercession is said to have helped several couples struggling with fertility, who were then able to conceive after praying to the nun.
A young boy on life support in the United States, whose identity has not been disclosed, is also said to have recovered after a priest invoked Sister Claire’s intercession.
“A great saint for the modern age.” Christian netizens celebrated Sister Clare’s path to sainthood, while others questioned the veracity of her miracles
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