Titanic priest Father Thomas Byles 'should be sainted'

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A campaign is under way to have the Catholic priest who stayed on RMS Titanic instead of fleeing on a lifeboat made a saint.
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Father Thomas Byles, of St Helen’s Church, Chipping Ongar, Essex, boarded the ship at Southampton to attend his younger brother’s wedding in New York.
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But when it sank in 1912 he twice refused to join a lifeboat and instead remained with passengers to pray.
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32274691
 
In the midst of the current Catholic crisis, God keeps reminding us of the saints he has raised up. I suspect there may be more than anyone realizes…right here and right now.
 
Thank God for His saints.

Just goes to show why I will never be a saint. I am far too afraid to do something like that.

Seeya all in Purgatory, I hope :)🙂

ICXC NIKA
 
You all might be interested in the Four Chaplains of WWII, interesting story to read.
 
Wierd, the priest at the mass I went to today used his sermon to talk about him and brought a picture of him.
 
meltzerboy said:
Was there also a second priest on the Titanic who stayed with the passengers to pray rather than saving himself? I vaguely recall something to that effect. Yes, indeed, people like this are saints. How many of us would have such moral courage?
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I believe there were two or three priests on board. All refused seats on lifeboats, instead offering comfort to those unable to escape on lifeboats. I read about this three years ago during the 100th anniversary.
 
meltzerboy said:
Was there also a second priest on the Titanic who stayed with the passengers to pray rather than saving himself? I vaguely recall something to that effect. Yes, indeed, people like this are saints. How many of us would have such moral courage?
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jediliz said:
I believe there were two or three priests on board. All refused seats on lifeboats, instead offering comfort to those unable to escape on lifeboats. I read about this three years ago during the 100th anniversary.
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I wonder if they heard confessions. I bet they did.

Ishii
 
ishii said:
I wonder if they heard confessions. I bet they did.

Ishii
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I would have thought such a setting met the requirements for General Absolution - or were the rules for that different in 1912?
 
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