Monsignor Michael Flanagan Dies in Boyle

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Monsignor Michael T. Flanagan, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Columbia, Missouri, has died suddenly but peacefully at his family home in County Sligo. He is mourned by his family, friends, and the clergy and parishioners of the Diocese of Jefferson City. His funeral Mass is scheduled at St. Attracta’s Church in Killaraght, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.

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Five Spanish Franciscan friars killed in 1597 while serving the Guale in what is now Georgia are being beatified in Savannah, placing them one step from sainthood after the Vatican recognized them as martyrs. The ceremony is expected to draw about 10,000 people; the friars would need an authenticated miracle attributed to their intercession to advance further.

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