After earning a degree at Trinity College, Oxford, Thomas Ford, of Devonshire, England, converted to the Catholic faith and journeyed to France to study for the preisthood. In 1576, three years after his ordination, he returned to his native country. For several years he lived in Lyford, where he served as a chaplain for a […]
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Blessed Thomas Ford; Priest and Martyr (Ϯ 1582)
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Protestant England's Reign of Religious Toleration
Saint Lucy Kim Nusia: Virgin and Martyr (c. 1817-1839)
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Upon losing both her parents, the young Catholic maiden Lucy Kim Nusia, a native of Korea, sold the little she had to pay for her parents’ funeral. She then consecrated herself to God with a vow of chastity. In April of 1839, Lucy and three other Korean Catholic women surrendered themselves to the pagan authorities, […]
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Penal Laws Against Catholics in English Colonies in America 1606-1789
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Penal Laws Against Catholic in English Colonies in America 1606-1789
Thank you Dave Armstrong from Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
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English Penal Laws Against Catholics
Religious Freedom of Catholics in Reformation Scotland
Tags: Protestant England's Reign of Religious Toleration · Catholic Persecution
Blessed John Boste: Priest and Martyr (c. 1544-1594)
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments
A convert to the Catholic faith, John Boste, of Dufton, England, was ordained a priest in Reims, France, in 1581. Thereafter he served England’s persecuted Catholics for over a decade. In the end, Father Boste was betrayed by a man pretending to be a devout Catholic, who sacrilegiously reveived Holy Communion from the priest so […]
Tags: Protestant England's Reign of Religious Toleration · Catholic Persecution