John Hoan b. 1789 d. 1861 beat 1901 c 1988

John and Thommy

good morning
i love you

John Hoan was a vietamnese priest beheaded during one of the many anti-Catholic persecutions in Vietnam qua indo China.... Fr Duc, the pastor now at St Bernard's, left Vietnam as a teenager on a boat, more like a skiff. he speaks of the martyrs of his homeland with even more passion than i dare express about our irish saints. his personal experience with the persecution of catholics - and he's younger than i am; his experience, his family's, his friend's....

he's another John.
another martyr.
so, what?
who is he to you, to us?
especially with such a short blurb....

who are your heroes?
how do you discover them?
how are they brought to you?
this is one way.... from father to sons
[especially since you were cut off from these stories behind the shroud ....]

John Hoan,
a man of faith in spite of the persecution against the faith
he is a person with whom to commune as you reconsider how it is you have been cut off from your faith....

i love you
dad