Blessed Stanley Rother [Catholic Information Center, Grand Rapids, MI]
Blessed Stanley Rother [Catholic Information Center, Grand Rapids, MI]
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Tue, 5/22
Blessed Stanley Rother
Tuesday, May 22, 7-8:30pm
With Fr. Steve Dudek
Fr. Stanley Rother was an Oklahoma priest who was killed in his parish rectory in Guatemala on July 28, 1981. Pope Francis officially acknowledged Fr. Stanley’s martyrdom, making him the first recognized martyr to have been born in the United States. Fr. Dudek shares the story of a remarkable man’s selflessness and kindness in the mist of the violent Guatemalan civil war. CFD: Evangelization ($10 donation requested)