28 April St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Montfort - Independent Catholic News

28 April 
 St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Montfort - Independent Catholic News: Marist priest and the first martyr of the South Seas. St Peter Chanel was born in 1804 near Cras in France. His parents were peasants. His parish priest, the Abbe Trompier, took him on as a pupil because he was so bright and very devout. Peter went to the local seminary, was ordained, and rebuilt the very run-down parish of Croizet in three years. He then joined the Marist missionaries which had been recently founded by Jean Colin at Lyon.