Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Titanic priests: Sacrifice of Catholic priests recalled on 100th anniversary of ship’s sinking

Catholic Anchor
CNA/EWTN News

DENVER, Colo. — Three Catholic priests, including one hailed by Pope Saint Pius X as a martyr for the faith, were among the victims of the Titanic disaster remembered during its 100th anniversary last month.

All three of the European-born priests – Father Juozas Montvila of Lithuania, Father Josef Peruschitz, O.S.B. of Bavaria, and English rector Father Thomas Byles – are said to have declined lifeboats in order to offer spiritual aid to travelers who perished in the shipwreck, which claimed 1,503 lives.

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