The author Thomas Davitt, C.M. suggests that although biographers and illustrators have tended to place all the emphasis on his martyrdom, Francis Clet was, before anything else, a confrere.
Francis Regis Clet
July 9: Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
July 9 is the feast day of one of our Vincentian Saints, Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. He was canonized by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2000.
July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet
The following presentation is from a Homily of Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M. at the Prayer Vigil for the Canonization of Francis Regis Clet. Rome, 30 September 2000.
Saint Francis Régis Clet: The Missionary Who Was Strangled Three Times
Among the Missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission, there is a martyr who cried tears of joy when he was sent to China and when he was imprisoned there.
St. Francis Regis Clet as Seen in his Letters
Thomas Devitt, CM, presents excerpts from St. Francis Regis Clet’s letters from the period between 1812 and his execution in 1820.
July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
The author Thomas Davitt, C.M. suggests that although biographers and illustrators have tended to place all the emphasis on his martyrdom, Francis Clet was, before anything else, a confrere.
July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
In February of 1791, three missionaries including Fr. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., departed for China.
Vincentian Footprints in China
Presentation based on an article by Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. for the Vincentian Heritage Journal. [button...
St. Francis Regis Clet – Feast Day: July 9
Learn about St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M. and his Vincentian mission in China around the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, in this presentation.
