{"id":5439,"date":"2006-10-05T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/saint-o-the-day.html"},"modified":"2006-10-05T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T08:39:05","slug":"saint-o-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/saint-o-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Saint o’ the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we remember Blessed  Fr. Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R<\/a>, born in Bavaria, but associated with the United States – he joined the Redemptorists especially to minister to immigrants in this country. <\/p>\n

Blessed Francis attended seminary and was ordained in Baltimore. He ministered in Maryland, Pittsburgh and Detroit – and was in fact proposed as Bishop of Pittsburgh, but wrote to the Pope, begging that his name be withdrawn from consideration. He preferred the life of an itinerary preacher – something at which the Redemptorists excelled during this period. They were well-known for their missions.<\/p>\n

He moved to New Orleans, where he ministered for only about a year before he was struck down by yellow fever, as were so many. His tomb is in the church of St. Mary’s Assumption in New Orleans, <\/a>and he was beatified on April 9, 2000 in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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