Thomas Devitt, CM, presents excerpts from St. Francis Regis Clet’s letters from the period between 1812 and his execution in 1820.

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Thomas Devitt, CM, presents excerpts from St. Francis Regis Clet’s letters from the period between 1812 and his execution in 1820.

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.

In February of 1791, three missionaries including Fr. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., departed for China.
Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. (Feast Day: July 9) went to China as a missionary in 1791.
A new presentation on the life of St. Francis Regis Clet, whose Feast Day is July 9.
Tomorrow 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. Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M., writes: His friends described him as filled with tenderness and compassion. He lived a long, full...