(OSV News) — What would you give your life for? This is the question and challenge that Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of the Diocese of Savannah has been putting before …
Georgia Martyrs
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Cardinal Frank Leo of Toronto will celebrate the beatification Mass of five Franciscan friars known as the Georgia Martyrs on Oct. 31.
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On Oct. 31, the Georgia Martyrs — five 16th-century Spanish Franciscan missionaries who served the indigenous Guale people of what is now Georgia — will be beatified.
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The story of the Georgia Martyrs offers a powerful early example of the missionary spirit on American soil.
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Interest surges in U.S. beatification of Georgia Martyrs who died defending marriage
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder(OSV News) — The venue for the upcoming beatification of the Georgia Martyrs is expanding to accommodate thousands more people after a surge in interest from Catholics around the U.S. and …
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DARIEN, Ga. (OSV News) — In late October, a little more than a month after Archbishop Fulton Sheen is to become “blessed,” the sixth beatification on American soil will take place …
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The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage took a day to encounter the five Franciscan friars known as the Georgia Martyrs, who will be beatified Oct. 31 in Savannah.
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The beatification of five Franciscans known as the Georgia martyrs has been set for Oct. 31, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints’ website.
