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SUMMARY:Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
DESCRIPTION:Image: Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos\, St Magn Basilica\, Füssen\, Germany | photo by Myke Rosenthal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlessed Francis Xavier Seelos\nSaint of the Day for October 12\n(January 11\, 1819 – October 4\, 1867)\n\n\nClick to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n  \nBlessed Francis Xavier Seelos’ Story\nZeal as a preacher and a confessor led Father Seelos to works of compassion as well. \nBorn in southern Bavaria\, he studied philosophy and theology in Munich. On hearing about the work of the Redemptorists among German-speaking Catholics in the United States\, he came to this country in 1843. Ordained at the end of 1844\, he was assigned for six years to St. Philomena’s Parish in Pittsburgh as an assistant to Saint John Neumann. The next three years Father Seelos was superior in the same community and began his service as novice master. \nSeveral years in parish ministry in Maryland followed\, along with responsibility for training Redemptorist students. During the Civil War\, he went to Washington\, D.C.\, and appealed to President Lincoln that those students not be drafted for military service\, although\, eventually\, some were. \nFor several years\, he preached in English and in German throughout the Midwest and in the Mid-Atlantic states. Assigned to St. Mary of the Assumption Church community in New Orleans\, he served his Redemptorist confreres and parishioners with great zeal. In 1867\, he died of yellow fever\, having contracted that disease while visiting the sick. He was beatified in 2000. \n\nReflection\nFather Seelos worked in many different places but always with the same zeal: to help people know God’s love and compassion. He preached about the works of mercy and then engaged in them\, even risking his own health. \n\nThe Liturgical Feast of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos is October 5.\n\nAnother Saint of the Day for October 12 is Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro.
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