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The news: Bishop in HK, investigation in Knoxville, and 'St. Deo Gratias'

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
May 18, 2021
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Hey everybody,

Today the Church celebrates the feast of Brother Deo Gratias — Brother Thanks be to God — a saint we can all try to emulate.

His name was Felix. He spent 40 years as a Capuchin brother living in Rome, assigned as his friary’s questor — it was Br. Felix’s job to walk the streets, knocking on doors, begging food for the friary and money for …

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