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Seeking connections to Servant of God Julia Greeley’s time as a slave
Capuchin Franciscan Father Blaine Burkey, who is actively promoting Servant of God Julia Greeley’s sainthood cause, is looking for descendants of people with ties to her early life.
-Catholic Missourian
Miss Greeley was born into slavery in Marion County, Missouri. She was set free at the end of the Civil War, and moved to Denver.
She was eventually initiated into the Roman Catholic Church and the Secular Franciscan Order, devoting most of the rest of her life to simple acts of charity, devotion and evangelization.