Friday, October 19, 2012

73 YEARS OLD

Happy Birthday Glenmary Home Missioners!
October 19 known in the Church as the feast of Saints Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf, priests and martyrs, and their companions, martyrs is also known in Glenmary as "Founders Day."
Glenmary Home Missioners, founded in 1939 by Rev. William Howard Bishop, celebrates the feast day of these North American Martyrs as our Founder’s Day and continues the missionary effort for which these men sacrificed their life. “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” (Tertullian). 

Glenmary Home Missioners

If you would like more information about becoming a missionary, visit Glenmary's website for more information.

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