Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos

[Valericus]

Has anyone ever heard of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos?

 

[mathmom4life]

The official website is seelos.org
There’s lots of information there.
God Bless.

 

[goforgoal]

To be honest with you no but it’s always nice to find a “new” friend or perhaps it is they who find us…Either way, thank you very much for mentioning Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos

The boy wanted to be a priest from an early age, and often claimed he would be another Francis Xavier.

saints.sqpn.com/blessed-francis-xavier-seelos/

seelos.org/

A video on Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

youtube.com/watch?v=cmLOlw96kJY

 

[mathmom4life]

I heard of him from a friend whose family knew Blessed Seelos. They were requesting his help even before he was a Blessed.

 

[tegelburg]

Here is the Füssen website about Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.He was born in Füssen,Germany.http://myimages.bravenet.com/318/967/761/0/StxMaryxxsxAssumptionxCross002.JPG

 

[Tigg]

I have a rosary that was touched to a first class relic of this Blessed (making the rosary a 3rd class relic.) Thanks for the above links.

 

[goforgoal]

mathmom4life- Truly amazing.

tegelburg- God bless you for providing the beautiful and amazing picture of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

Tigg- You must be so honored and blessed.

It is so wonderful finding out about a “new” Saint.

God bless you for this,
goforgoal

 

[puzzleannie]

under the search function above, use the google search for CA forums exclusively, type Seelos, and find all past threads that have discussed him
google.com/cse?cx=008187825485874300314%3Ae_1jpbppv18&q=Seelos&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A0
this is my search result, with several results, but you should to it again to get most recent

 

[Valericus]

My great-grandfather lived in Lengenwang, which is close to Fuessen. He was born in 1830 and also moved to America—PA, MI, MN. I wonder if he ever met the holy Francis. We pray to Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos every day. The past summer our grandson went to Germany, and I asked him to visit the St. Mang Basilica. He brought back a candle from Francis Xavier’s shrine there. We are praying that his countryman Pope Benedict will canonize him. Is he waiting for another miracle?

 

[tegelburg]

Valericus-The second miracle needed for Sainthood has now been sent by the Baltimore Archdiocese to Rome.Now it is all in Romes hands!
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

 

[goforgoal]

Valericus-The second miracle needed for Sainthood has now been sent by the Baltimore Archdiocese to Rome.Now it is all in Romes hands!
http://myimages.bravenet.com/318/967/761/0/newlargeseeloscandle004price.jpg

What a beautiful Holy Candle.

puzzleannie- I can’t speak for the OP or anyone on CAF but perhaps the OP didn’t know how to do this. To be honest I just discovered how to do this “search” recently but thank you for pointing this out.

 

[SaintThomas]

My great-grandfather lived in Lengenwang, which is close to Fuessen. He was born in 1830 and also moved to America—PA, MI, MN. I wonder if he ever met the holy Francis. We pray to Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos every day. The past summer our grandson went to Germany, and I asked him to visit the St. Mang Basilica. He brought back a candle from Francis Xavier’s shrine there. We are praying that his countryman Pope Benedict will canonize him. Is he waiting for another miracle?

I also have ancestors from Bavaria back in the days when Blessed FX Seelos was born and lived there. My great great grandfather left the same port in Havre,France about ten years after Blessed Seelos left for America. My family tree extends all across Bavaria,Austria and Germany and I hope to one day find a link between our families somehow.