7 APRIL

Several priests were martyred on this day in England. In 1606 the Jesuit Father Edward Oldcorne was executed for his priesthood along with the Jesuit lay brother Ralph Ashby. Fr. Oldcorne was beatified in 1929.

St Henry Walpole was hanged, drawn, and quartered for his priesthood in 1595, along with Bl. Alexander Rawlins.

In the Norbertine Order, this is the feast of St. Hermann Joseph, a priest of that Order who lived in the late 12th to early 13th centuries.

And finally, 52 years ago today my father died while on duty with the United States Navy. God have mercy on his soul. My thanks in advance if you can find a moment to say a Hail Mary for his soul.