Rev. Br Joseph Van Hoeydonck, C.SS.R. (1870-1898)
Professed Student of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Born in Donck (Province of Anvers) on 4th September 1870. Died 31st August 1898‘Loved by God and by men, his memory is a blessing’ (Eccl...
View ArticleMore Portraits of Cardinal van Rossum
A beautiful portrait ofHis EminenceWilhelmus MarinusCardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R.(1854-1932)and below the Cardinal as a young man.The Far Sight has posted this image andseveral other interesting...
View ArticleGerman Life of St Clement Online
Papa Stronsay Texts now links to the Papa Stronsay Library where you can download the German Life of St Clement by Fr Michael Haringer, C.SS.R. in PDF format. Click on the linked picture below or use...
View ArticleVery Rev. Fr Achilles Desurmont, C.SS.R. (1828-1898)
We will attempt to sketch here a few outlines of the life of him who may be regarded as the ‘maker’ of the Gallo-Helvetic Province, of which he was the seventh Provincial for nearly a quarter of a...
View ArticleRev. Fr Hubert Austen, C.SS.R. (1884 – 1964)
Father was born in Hamburg on 16 May, 1884, into a profoundly Catholic family. It was from them and the priests who formed his soul as a child and a young man that he acquired the simple, profound and...
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