The Order’s petition to have the celebration of St. Titus Brandsma changed from an optional memorial to an obligatory memorial for the whole Order. The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments notified the Order by letter on May 25, 2023. The liturgical celebration is July 27.
The Provinces of Germany and the Philippines as well as the General Delegation in Columbia who have St. Titus as their patron will celebrate the day as a feast.
St. Titus Brandsma was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, in St. Peter’s Square along with nine other blessed. He was killed by lethal injection in the “hospital” of the Dachau concentration camp on July 26, 1942.
