Blessed Pedro Calungsod - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:33:57 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Blessed Pedro Calungsod - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Teenage catechist from Guam to be canonised https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/21/teenage-catechist-from-guam-to-be-canonised/ Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:30:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=31893 Catholics in the Philippines and the United States are preparing to celebrate the October 21 canonisation of Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a teenage catechist killed in the 17th century. Witness accounts in the records of Jesuit missionaries show the teenage catechist from Guam died trying to protect his mentor, Jesuit Father Diego Jose Luis San Vitores, Read more

Teenage catechist from Guam to be canonised... Read more]]> Catholics in the Philippines and the United States are preparing to celebrate the October 21 canonisation of Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a teenage catechist killed in the 17th century.

Witness accounts in the records of Jesuit missionaries show the teenage catechist from Guam died trying to protect his mentor, Jesuit Father Diego Jose Luis San Vitores, a missionary who was also killed in the attack.

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