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Saint John Neumann
Saint John Neumann, Bishop 1 Jn 3:11-21/Jn 1:43-51 (208).
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CATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JOHN N. NEUMANN
*St. John Neumann, C.Ss.R.
Missionary and 4th bishop of Philadelphia. Founded the first diocesan Catholic school system in U.S.
St. John Neumann learned pretty quickly what it meant to follow God’s will with your whole heart and soul. He was certain that he was called to be a priest, but when the time came for ordination, the bishop fell ill and the ordination was cancelled. It was never rescheduled, because there was an over-abundance of priests in Europe. Knowing he was meant to be a priest, John traveled all the way from Bohemia to New York City to be ordained. He was one of only 36 priests, serving 200,000 Catholics: his ‘parish’ stretched from Lake Ontario throughout Pennsylvania. He became the founder of the first diocesan Catholic School system, going from only two schools to one hundred schools in his diocese. To learn more:
**John Nepomucene Neumann CSsR (German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann, Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined the Redemptorist order, and became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. In Philadelphia, Neumann founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the US. He was canonized in 1977. As of 2022, he is the only male US citizen to be named a saint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neumann
The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
Mt 4:16