Catholics in Central New York gathered in Syracuse on Saturday to honor the Blessed Mother Marianne Cope. Karen Lee reports from the Feast Day Mass and the ongoing movement to bring the nun to sainthood.

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"We could learn from her how she taught, administered, comforted, was a missionary. There are so many areas of her life that could be an example to all of us," said Bishop Robert Cunningham of the Syracuse Catholic Diocese.

Blessed Mother Marianne Cope was honored at a Feast Day mass in Syracuse. She died in 1918, after spending more than three decades caring for lepers in Hawaii. Fellow Franciscan nuns say had she been alive today, she would have been at the front-lines of earthquake-devastated Haiti.

"They too are the desolate. They too are the ones that are so poor and in dire need. This is what hit Mother in the heart," said Sister Eleanor Grace Spiridilozzi, the hostess of Mother Marianne's shrine.

Mother Marianne was beatified in 2005 after a local woman said she was cured of multiple organ failure once prayers were said to the nun. She needs one more miracle attributed to her to achieve sainthood.

"It would be a wonderful gift to us and I think a wonderful impetus, it would strengthen us in our faith," said Bishop Cunningham.

While the Catholic community here continues to push for her sainthood, in their books, she's already achieved that status.

"As far as the people who come with devotion to mother, there are many miracles happening. Many. Many," said Sister Eleanor Grace.

The Bishop says the Vatican is currently in the process of reviewing the information that they've sent concerning Mother Marianne Cope's final miracle.