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Titus Brandsma as rector magnificus of the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1932. / Public domain.Vatican City, Mar 8, 2022 / 02:05 am (CNA).The first canonization ceremony for more than two and a half years will take place on May 15. Among the 10 candidates who will be proclaimed saints by Pope Francis that day is Titus Brandsma. Many Catholics are familiar with Brandsma s portrait: his pale, steady eyes, prominent ears, and buoyant hair. But who was the man behind the steel-rimmed glasses?The two vocations of Titus BrandsmaTitus Brandsma was born in the Netherlands, a country bordering Belgium and Germany, on Feb. 23, 1881. His parents named him Anno Sjoerd Brandsma and he grew up in the rural setting of Oegeklooster in the province of Friesland. His family lived on the proceeds of the milk and cheese produced by their dairy cattle. Brandsma felt a calling to the religious life and joined the Carmelite monastery in Boxmeer, southeastern Netherlands, in 1898, taking his fath.
Titus Brandsma as rector magnificus of the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1932. / Public domain.
Vatican City, Mar 8, 2022 / 02:05 am (CNA).
The first canonization ceremony for more than two and a half years will take place on May 15. Among.