One of the more shocking stories of 2019, was a survey from the Pew Research Center
Our first is a priest who could have been asked, “Are you happiest at Mass?” FATHER JACQUES HAMELcertainly was. And that is where he died.
On July 26, 2016, two men armed with knives burst into Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray parish in Rouen , France
Amazingly enough, Father Hamel had worked to better relations with the Muslim Community. With local imam, Mohammed Karabila, the president of Normandy
When a fellow priest told the octogenarian to retire, he replied, “I will work until my last breath…there are not enough priests.”
In a letter to parishioners just weeks before he died, Father Hamel wrote, “May we hear … God’s invitation to take care of this world to make it, where we live , warmer, more human, more fraternal.” Very fitting for our own country today with all the bitter fighting.