Pope John Paul II presided over the beatification celebration for Stollenwerk in 1995 after naming her a Servant of God on 2 April 1982 and as Venerable in 1991.

In 1882 she met Arnold Janssen, who was in the Netherlands at the time, and he supported her idea of the establishment of a new religious congregation of dedicated women.

[3] On 8 December 1889 Stollenwerk became of postulant of a women's congregation established by Janssen, the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit,[1] and on 17 January 1892 assumed the religious name Maria Virgo.

[2] The cause for canonization commenced in 1950 in Roermond in an informative process that had been assigned the task of collecting available documents and interrogatories pertaining to her life and her time as a religious.

This allowed for Pope John Paul II to confirm her life of heroic virtue on 14 May 1991 and name Stollenwerk as being Venerable.

validated the diocesan process of the alleged miracle on 31 May 1991 and passed it to a team of medical experts for their approval on 17 June 1993.