Victims of Anti-Catholicism in the United States: Leo Heinrichs, James Coyle, John Ury, Ann Glover Reviews

Victims of Anti-Catholicism in the United States: Leo Heinrichs, James Coyle, John Ury, Ann Glover





Chapters: Leo Heinrichs, James Coyle, John Ury, Ann Glover. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Leo Heinrichs (August 15, 1867, Oestrich, Kingdom of Prussia - February 23, 1908, Denver, Colorado) was a German-born Franciscan priest at St. Elisabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado. He was murdered by a Sicilian Anarchist while distributing Communion. Joseph Heinrichs was born on August 15, 1867, in Oestrich, Rhineland, Germany. After fleeing Anti-Catholic persecution during Otto von Bismarck's Kulturkampf, the Franciscans settled at St. Bonaventure's Friary in Paterson, New Jersey. At St. Bonaventure's on December 4, 1886, Joseph Heinrichs received the Franciscan habit and the name Brother Leo. He took his final vows on December 8, 1890, and became an ordained priest on July 26, 1891. Between 1891 and 1907, Father Leo served in various positions in the New York and New Jersey area including pastor at Holy Angels parish in Singac (Little Falls), New Jersey, at St. Stephens in Croghan, New York, and at St. Bonaventures. During a smallpox epidemic while he was pastor at Paterson, Father Leo was known to spend many hours at a nearby pest house ministering to the sick and the dying. In September, 1907, the Provincial Chapter appointed him pastor of St. Elizabeths parish in Denver, Colorado. Father Leo arrived at St. Elizabeths on September 23, 1907. His term as pastor lasted exactly five months. Father Leo received permission to return to Germany to visit his family after an absence of over twenty one years; but he postponed his journey until after June 7, 1908, when he planned to give First Communion to a class of seventy children. A week before his death, Father Leo spoke at the Young Ladies Sodality meeting. He remarked, If I ha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24441963









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