Father Mychal Judge: The Saint of 9/11
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
In an enduring photograph of September 11, a team of rescue workers carry a Franciscan priest’s body from the World Trade Center. The world came to know Father Mychal Judge, a Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York City, in death as a symbol of courage and sacrifice. Father Judge was a gay man who loved his priestly work.
When: September 05, 2007 - 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Where: Hodges Library - Lindsay Young Auditorium - Knoxville, TN 37996
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Yet even prior to his heroic death on 9/11, Father Mychal was widely seen by many New Yorkers as a living saint for his deep spirituality and his extraordinary work with the homeless, recovering alcoholics, people with AIDS, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and others rejected by society.
Father Mychal was also openly gay, though celibate. He blessed and supported committed gay relationships, often annoying church hierarchs. But like his spiritual father St. Francis of Assisi, Mychal reported directly to a Higher Authority. Three medically documented miraculous healings have occurred through prayers to Father Mychal.
For more information about him, visit:
http://SaintMychalJudge.blogspot.com