portraitsofsaints:Happy Feast DayBlessed Ivan Merz1896-1928Feast Day: May 10Patronage: youth and you
portraitsofsaints:Happy Feast DayBlessed Ivan Merz1896-1928Feast Day: May 10Patronage: youth and youth ministers, military personnel, dentists, pulmonologists, philosophers, philologists, students, educators, liturgists, theologians, devotees of the Holy Eucharist, and lay faithful engaged in Christian apostolate.Blessed Ivan Merz was born in Croatia, fought in WWI, and became a philosophy professor. During this time, he made a vow of chastity, wanting to remain a layperson, devoting himself to the Church, and evangelizing the youth. He promoted liturgical renewal, Catholic Action in Croatia (Croatian Union of Eagles), and Eucharist devotion and crusades. He died of inflammation of his facial cavities and brain.{website) -- source link
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