Fr Graham Smith - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:54:31 +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 Fr Graham Smith - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Campaign launched for canonisation of Titanic priest https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/04/17/campaign-launched-for-canonisation-of-titanic-priest/ Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:05:03 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=70204 A campaign has been launched for the canonisation of the priest who stayed on board the Titanic as it sank in order to pray with his fellow passengers. According to survivors' testimonies, Fr Thomas Byles twice refused a place on a lifeboat. Rather, he stayed on the ship to pray with the passengers who were Read more

Campaign launched for canonisation of Titanic priest... Read more]]> A campaign has been launched for the canonisation of the priest who stayed on board the Titanic as it sank in order to pray with his fellow passengers.

According to survivors' testimonies, Fr Thomas Byles twice refused a place on a lifeboat.

Rather, he stayed on the ship to pray with the passengers who were left aboard.

Fr Byles was one of 1500 people to die when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.

Fr Graham Smith, the priest at Fr Byles's former church, St Helens in Chipping Ongar, Essex, in England, is urging prayers for Fr Byles.

Fr Smith is also asking people to report any miracles they think might have come about after Fr Byles's intercession.

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