This is the missionary cross with which Fr. Casimir arrived in Gualaco for the mission during the third week of October 1974. Fortunately, it was found and recovered as there is almost nothing of his belongings remaining from his time in Honduras. — Fray Juan Alonzo Pagoada Acosta, OFM CONV...
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Testimony provided by Thomas Luchetti about Fr. Casimir - Nov 2012...
Continue readingDr. Mike Gable’s stories of time with Fr. Casimir in Honduras
Stories from Dr. Mike Gable on his time with Fr. Casimir in Honduras...
Continue readingFriar Casimir CYPHER: An Ordinary Life Made Extraordinary
This post is from July 9, 2022 on the Friars Minor Conventual website here…https://www.ofmconv.net/en/fra-casimiro-cypher-una-vita-ordinaria-resa-straordinaria/ Have you ever wondered how to make the ordinary things in your life extraordinary? That is what Friar Casimir CYPHER did in his lifetime. On June 25, 1975, he was murdered, along with thirteen others, in Olancho, Honduras. On June...
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Murdered in Central America: The stories of Eleven U.S. Missionaries by Donna Whitson Brett and Edward T. Brett. Fr. Casimir is the first entry....
Continue readingWho are the Franciscans?
Some background on who the Franciscans are and a little bit about them. ...
Continue readingAnother WI martyr
I first saw this in the July/August 2019 Catholic Life magazine. Brother James “Santiago” Miller, FSC, apparently was beatified on December 7th, 2019. He was from Ellis, WI and martyred in Guatemala in Feb 1982....
Continue readingMan of Peace pamphlet/booklet
The Man of Peace pamphlet scanned in as a pdf....
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