Mary Virginia Merrick, Founder

Christ Child Society

The investigation of Mary Virginia Merrick’s life to establish a basis for her Canonization is now ongoing.  Currently, the appointed Postulator, Kathleen Blake Asdorian, is preparing information from the extensive writings of Mary Virginia Merrick for presentation to the Archbishop of Washington.  Kathleen Blake Asdorian, J.D., J.C.L., was officially appointed Postulator for the Cause of Mary Virginia Merrick by Archbishop Wuerl in December 2007.

In 2008 a DVD portraying the life and mission of the Christ Child Society’s Founder, Mary Virginia Merrick, was produced and presented at the National Christ Child Convention.  Underwritten through the generosity of Kay and Jack Gibbons and dedicated to NCCS Past President, Regis Boyle, this production focuses upon the Christ Child society’s mission of service to at risk children as the legacy of Mary Virginia Merrick.

The DVD shows us the holiness and dedication of our Society’s Founder as she sees the Christ Child in each child in need.  In serving each one, she is serving God.  This film helps our Society’s members to understand the intertwining of the past with the present leading to the future.  The mission is the same; service to those children at risk especially through direct contact – whether in 1887, or 2010 or in future years.  This is the message of the DVD now being shown to Chapters and groups across the country.