Br. Anthony Josemaria a member of our Third Order has published an article in Homiletic and Pastoral Review on the tragic Catholic holocaust that occurred in Nagasaki when the Bomb dropped. Great article Br. Anthony!

The Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki—“Why, Lord?”

The witness of the Catholics
of Nagasaki shows
God’s providence in the darkest of times.

By Brother Anthony Josemaria

On August 9, 1945, God’s inscrutable providence allowed an atomic bomb named “Fat Man” to be dropped from a B-29 into the heavily populated city of Nagasaki. The epicenter of the blast was the Urakami district, the heart and soul of Catholicism in Japan since the sixteenth century. My purpose in this article is to share an insight into God’s purpose in allowing this horrible event, a discovery made from reading (the recent Ignatius Press reprint of) Fr. Paul Glynn’s marvelous book A Song for Nagasaki. The book is subtitled, The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb.1

via The Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki—“Why, Lord?”.

Also mentioned on Insight Scoop and New Advent.

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Fr. Elias gives a short history of Catholicism in Japan from St. Francis Xavier to St. Paul Mikki, St. Francis Nagasaki and his martyr companions (whose feast day is Feb 6th) and then to St. Maximillian Kolbe, Our Lady of Akita, and more. It covers:

0:00 – Mary and St. Francis Xavier, 1549
1:44 – The Great Persecution, Martyrs of Nagasaki
St Paul Miki and Companions
3:29 – Onsen hot springs
4:57 – St. Magdalene of Nagasaki & Bl. Justo Takayama Ukon
6:02 – Martyrs of Tokyo 1620
6:29 – Shimabara Rebellion 1638
7:57 – Opening of Japan 1853, Discovery of Hidden Christians
10:30 – Christianity in the Modern Era, Nagasaki
11:56 – Servant of God Takashi Nagai
13:48 – Hiroshima Jesuits
14:35 – St Maximillian Kolbe – Garden of the Immaculate
15:58 – Ven. Satoko Kitahara and friar Zenon Zebrowski
17:40 – Our Lady of Akita, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa
19:19 – Future: Hope in Our Lady

Also at YouTube https://youtu.be/0Kk7rZUr-6s

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A brief outline of two modern saints residing in Nagasaki at the same time – St. Maximilian Kolbe and Dr. Takashi Nagai.

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