Saint joseph freinademetz biography sample
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Saint of the Day – 28 January – Saint Joseph Freinademetz SVD (1852-1908) Priest and Missionary of the samhälle of the Divine Word, the First Saint to Ever Serve in Hong Kong, missionär to China, St namn had an immense devotion to Eucharistic Adoration – born on 15 April 1852 in Pedraces in Val Gadena, the Tyrolean Alps, Italy and died on 28 January 1908 in Taikia, China of tuberculosis and typhus. St Joseph fryst vatten also known as Giuseppe Freinademetz, namn of Shantung, Jozef Freinademetz, Ujoep (nickname), “the Saint of Charity” and his Chinese name “Fu Shenfu” – Lucky Priest.
Joseph Freinademetz was born on 15 April 1852, in Oies, a small hamlet of five houses situated in the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy. The distrikt, known as South Tyrol, was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, it is now part of Italy. He was Baptised on the day he was born and he inherited from his family a simple but tenacious faith.
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Joseph Freinademetz (1852-1908)
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Joseph Freinademetz was born on April 15, 1852, in Oies, a small hamlet of five houses situated in the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy. The region, known as South Tyrol, was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was baptised on the day he was born, and he inherited from his family a simple but tenacious faith.
While Joseph was studying theology in the diocesan seminary of Bressanone (Brixen), he began to think seriously of the foreign missions as a way of life. He was ordained a priest on July 25, 1875, and assigned to the community of Saint Martin very near his own home, where he soon won the hearts of the people. However, the call to missionary service did not go away. Just two years after ordination he contacted Fr. Arnold Janssen, the founder of a mission house which quickly developed into the Society of the Divine Word.
With his bishop's permission, Joseph entered the mission house in Ste
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Saint Joseph Freinademetz – a Missionary Trained in the Example of the Heart of Jesus
‘The heart of the Saviour is open to all, so that they may draw joyfully from the wellsprings of salvation’ says a prayer on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. On this day, we look at the Heart of Jesus in a special way. It should encourage us to open our own hearts, to allow ourselves to be loved by Jesus and to become loving people ourselves, following Jesus’ example.
St Joseph Freinademetz succeeded in this in a special way. A beautiful example of this are the statements recorded for the beatification process by the residents of St Martin’s in Thurn. Josef Freinademetz worked there for two years as chaplain. The people felt how open his heart was to all those who came to him with their worries and concerns. During the beatification process, Maria Flöss quoted her mother, who used to say: ‘Going to Mr Freinademetz is like going to the Saviour himself. He always kno