Brother Philip Smith CSC
Brother Philip Smith CSC belongs to Midwest Province of Holy Cross Brothers, where he served 50 years as a high school English teacher and most recently as archivist. In his first few months at that job, with a little push from the Holy Spirit urging him to "look up and to the right," he discovered over 6000 letters between Br. Columba O'Neill and others documenting thousands of cures, which convinced him to pursue Columba's case for sainthood. Due largely to Br. Philip's zeal and steadfast efforts, Br. Columba O'Neill has recently been named a Servant of God.