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SUMMARY:Saint John Neumann
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Neumann\nSaint of the Day for January 5\n(March 28\, 1811 – January 5\, 1860)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint John Neumann’s Story\nPerhaps because the United States got a later start in the history of the world\, it has relatively few canonized saints\, but their number is increasing. \nJohn Neumann was born in what is now the Czech Republic. After studying in Prague\, he came to New York at 25 and was ordained a priest. He did missionary work in New York until he was 29\, when he joined the Redemptorists and became its first member to profess vows in the United States. He continued missionary work in Maryland\, Virginia and Ohio\, where he became popular with the Germans. \nAt 41\, as bishop of Philadelphia\, he organized the parochial school system into a diocesan one\, increasing the number of pupils almost twentyfold within a short time. \nGifted with outstanding organizing ability\, he drew into the city many teaching communities of sisters and the Christian Brothers. During his brief assignment as vice provincial for the Redemptorists\, he placed them in the forefront of the parochial movement. \nWell-known for his holiness and learning\, spiritual writing and preaching\, on October 13\, 1963\, John Neumann became the first American bishop to be beatified. Canonized in 1977\, he is buried in St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia. \n\nReflection\nNeumann took seriously our Lord’s words\, “Go and teach all nations.” From Christ he received his instructions and the power to carry them out. For Christ does not give a mission without supplying the means to accomplish it. The Father’s gift in Christ to John Neumann was his exceptional organizing ability\, which he used to spread the Good News. Today the Church is in dire need of men and women to continue in our times the teaching of the Good News. The obstacles and inconveniences are real and costly. Yet when Christians approach Christ\, he supplies the necessary talents to answer today’s needs. The Spirit of Christ continues his work through the instrumentality of generous Christians.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-neumann/2018-01-05/
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