Blessed Martyrs of Douai College
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from Universalis (Westminster Calendar):
The English College at Douai was founded in 1569 to educate English Catholics, and in particular to act as a seminary training priests to enter England covertly, minister to English Catholics, and attempt the re-conversion of England to the faith. Simply being a Catholic priest was high treason in England at this time, with the penalty of hanging, drawing and quartering, and more than 160 of the priests from Douai were thus executed.
The seminary at Ushaw was founded at Douai. It relocated to Durham in the early 19th century.
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They were remembered and their help invoked at Thornley tonight with a Solemn High Mass.
Comment by Fr Michael Brown October 30, 2009 @ 11:29 pmYesterday when I googled ‘Douai martyrs’, your blog (the notice about the Thornley Mass) came up high on the listings – top five!
Comment by madame evangelista October 31, 2009 @ 7:52 pmAnd your post came up sixth!
Comment by Fr Michael Brown November 1, 2009 @ 12:05 am