mother theodore guerin arrived here with nothing.followers pray, sing, and honor her legacy in a magnificent church she built. out of the indiana wilderness came schools, eight of them, three orphanages, and an army of religious women who to this day care for the sick and the souls of all they can find. sister marie kevin is one of those loving followers. and like many followers before her, she has been trying to officially make mother theodore guerin a real catholic saint. >> she was a great builder of communities and of buildings. >> that's right. >> of schools. you can tell by her letters she was a devout woman of god. >> she was. >> but sister, a saint? >> yeah. >> reporter: but as you're about to find out, living like a saint, having followers who think you're a saint, and even performing miracles, well, like a saint, is not always enough to become one. there is the bureaucracy, there is money, hundreds of thousands of dollars needed, and official church-approved representatives in rome to push your cause, called postulators. th

it was the second miracle attributed to mother theodore guerin.f providence were hopeful, but the bills were adding up. the pressure was on. it was 2005. the sisters knew they were in an era of saint making. john paul ii himself was a saint maker. he made the process easier, cutting down the number of miracles needed to make a saint from three to just two and allowing lay people, not just priests, to petition causes. back in terre haute, indiana, it was all coming together, 100 years of work, and a pope who could pave the way to sainthood for mother guerin. then on april 2nd, 2005, pope john paul ii died. did you think, oh, no? oh, no. we might have to start over? >> no. >> you didn't have that? >> no. god will provide. that's what providence is. god will provide. >> reporter: two months after john paul died on june 5th, 2005, doctor andrea ambrosi returned to the congregation of saints for what would be a pivotal meeting. nearly 100 years of work, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, and it would all come down to one vote. ambrosi was in the h

it was the second miracle attributed to mother theodore guerin.e were hopeful, but the bills were adding up. the pressure was on. it was 2005. the sisters knew they were in an era of saint making. john paul ii was a saintmaker. he made the process easier, cutting down the number of miracles needed to become a saint from three to two opinion and allowing laypeople, not just priests, to petition causes. ♪ back many terre haute, indiana, it was all coming together, 100 years of work and a pope who could pave the way to sainthood for mother guerin. ♪ then on april 2nd, 2005, pope john paul ii died. did you think, oh, no. oh, no. we might have to start over? >> no. >> reporter: you didn't have that? >> no. god will provide. that's what providence is. >> reporter: two months after john paul died on june 5th, 2005, dr. andrea ambrosi returned to the congregation of saints for what would be a pivotal meeting. nearly 100 years of work, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, and it would all come down to one vote. ambrosi was in the hallway waiting. even t