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Todays saint was willing to leave everything behind to answer the call to the priesthood. St. John Neumann, catholicexchange/st-john-Neumann left his home in Germany to be ordained a priest in New York. He traveled all over the countryside to say Mass and serve the poor. In 1852, he was appointed bishop of Philadelphia and was the first to organize a diocesan Catholic school system. As a founder of Catholic education in the US, he increased the number of Catholic schools in his diocese from two to 100. St. John Neumann was known for his deep holiness, charity, pastoral work and preaching. He was canonized the first American male saint in 1977 by Pope Paul VI,
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:18:47 +0000

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