27 July Memorial
Born in the Frisian city of Bolsward, Holland, in 1881, St. Titus Brandsma joined the Carmelites in 1898 at the age of 17. He made his first profession in 1899 and then he was ordained to the priesthood in 1905. On July 26, 1942, he was killed by lethal injection in the Dachau concentration camp by the Nazis. He was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on 3rd November 1985 and was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, in St Peter’s Square.
A brief Biography
International Hymn for the Canonization
Mass with the Carmelite Family - St. Paul Outside the Walls
May 14, 2022
Celebrant: Míċeál O’Neill, O. Carm. - Prior General of the Carmelite Order
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Mass of Canonization - St. Peter’s Square
May 15, 2022
Celebrant: Pope Francis
Papal Homily on May 15 (in various languages):
[Arabic - English - French - German - Italian - Polish - Portuguese - Spanish]
Mass of Thanksgiving - Altar of the Chair (St. Peter’s Basilica)
May 16, 2022
Celebrant: Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht
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The Highlights of the Canonization of St. Titus Brandsma
with Fr. Roderick Stories
