The Memorial of Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād
Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād is the Patron Saint of Franciscan Sisters of the Cross
Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād brief life History |
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| Date of Birth | 1 February 1875 |
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| Country of Birth | Lebanon in Asia |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Priests who became Saints |
| Profession | Lebanese Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor as a Capuchin friar. He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross |
| Place of Work | Lebanon |
| Date of Death | 26 June 1954 (aged 79) |
| Place of Death | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Feast Day | 26 June |
| Beatification | By Pope Benedict XVI on 22 June 2008 at Place des Martyrs, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Canonization | By Not Available |
| Patron Saint of | Franciscan Sisters of the Cross |
Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād Short life History
Blessed Khalil Al-Haddad is also known as
• Ya'Qub of Ghazir
• Yaaqub El-Haddad
• He was the third of five children.
• He was a teacher in Egypt when he felt a call to religious life.
• He became a Franciscan Capuchin monk, making his perpetual vows in 1898.
• He was ordained in 1901, he was assigned to the Bab Idriss monastery in Beirut, Lebanon.
• Working tirelessly for the physical and moral improvement of the local people, he founded and built churches, schools, hospitals and orphanages.
• He founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross in 1930 to care for the elderly, the disabled, the mentally handicapped and the incurable who had been abandoned by families and authorities.
• He left 24 volumes of transcribed sermons given in Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and Syria.
Today’s Catholic Quote:
Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād was born on 1 February 1875 in Ghazir, Kesrwan, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon and died on 26 June 1954 in Beirut, Lebanon of natural causes while holding a cross
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