The Postulate of The Servant of God “Josip Stadler” The Postulate of The Servant of God “Josip Stadler” was established on the 12th of December, 2000 by the Archdiocese of VrhBosna and the Order of Sisters of the Servants of the Infant Jesus in commencing the canonisation process in the diocese of the first Archbishop of VrhBosna and founder of the Sisters of the Servants of the Infant Jesus. Prior to this, the centre for the collection of material pertaining to Archbishop Stadler, has been located at this address, since 1997. It was established with the intention that all archival material be collected relating to the life and works of the Archbishop of Vrhbosna at one location. The current task of The Postulate of the Servant of God “Josip Stadler” is that of the tasks the appointed Postulate, through whom the actor as the bearer and propagator of the canonisation, leads the determined cause. This task is strengthened through the Apostolic Constitution Divinis perfectionis mater in which on the 25th of January, 1983, Pope John Paul II provided instructions to bishops on the process of canonisation. He entrusted the Sacred Congregation for Sainthood to issue instructions in conducting the proceedings with which they need to conform with, and which the Congregation published under the title of Normae sevandae in inqisitionbus ab Episcopis faciendis in Causis Sanctorom in Rome on the 7th of February, 1983. On the basis of this document, the task of the Postulate consists of researching information on the life of Servant of God Josip Stadler, the declaration of his holiness and the meaning of this cause to the Church. The Postulate in the cause of The Servant of God “Josip Stadler” is Dr. Pavo Jurisic, who is a priest from the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna. Sister Anemarie Radan SMI is employed as the First Secretary in the Postulate. She is a member of the Order of Sisters of the Servants of the Infant Jesus from the Split Province. There are also volunteers and other people assisting at the Postulate. It is the right of the Postulate who with a legal mandate and with the authorisation of the actor of the cause, that it names individuals who will represent him/her, and who are named Vice-Postulates. In the cause of the Servant of God “Josip Stadler”, Sister M. Mirjam Dedic SMI, who is a member of the Sisters of the Servants of the Infant Jesus from the Zagreb Province, was appointed Vice- Postulate and is based in Zagreb. The Postulate is involved in publications and has publishes books in two series: Stadler’s Way and Stadler’s Way-Documents. In the first series, it publishes books and commentaries on the life and works of Archbishop Stadler. And in the second series it publishes archival documents, letters and pastoral letters of the Servant of God “Josip Stadler”. The postulate periodically issues a newsletter, titled, Stadler. The Postulate of the Servant of God, Josip Stadler is a non-profit institution which is under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna with its current Ordinary Cardinal Vinko Pulic as head and the Supreme Committee of the Sisters of the Servants of the Infant Jesus, from whose funds we are financed. Address: Postulate of the Servant of God “Josip Stadler” Josipa Stadlera 5 Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and Hercegovina