16th June - Saint John Regis - Independent Catholic News
16th June - Saint
John Regis - Independent Catholic News: French Jesuit priest. Born near Narbonne in 1597, John Francis Regis was the son of a well-to-do merchant. He joined the Jesuits at 18 and was ordained in 1631. From that time he began running missions in the very poor rural areas of the Auvergne and Languedoc. A tireless preacher, many people were converted by him. He made great efforts to help prisoners and prostitutes - with little support from his superiors.
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