Martin de Porres Ward
Priest
Martin Maria de Porres Ward, O.F.M. Conv. was an African-American Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who served as a missionary in Brazil for more than forty years. He was the first African American to join the Conventual Friars Minor. Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1918
Died: June 22, 1999 (age 81 years), Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Martin Maria de Porres Ward, O.F.M. Conv was an African-American Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who served as a missionary in Brazil for more than ...
Martin joined the Conventuals in 1945 and became a priest in 1955. Almost immediately he volunteered for the missions in Brazil. He is described as a friar ...
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Jan 14, 2023 · I believe Fr Martin Maria de Porres Ward, OFM Conv. should be a saint. Here's why. A Brazilian former seminarian who studied under an African- ...
Update: Cause of Fr. Martin de Porres Maria Ward, OFM. Conv.
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Jan 18, 2024 · June 22, 2024, marks the 25th Death Anniversary of our confrere, Fr Martin de Porres Maria Ward, OFM, Conv., the first African American ...
He is most noted as being a very compassionate confessor who was always available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Many people sort him out to hear their ...
Jul 27, 2022 · ... Martin Maria de Porres Ward — Missions. African-American Catholic priest who served in Brazil could soon be on road to sainthood. A pioneering ...
Feb 15, 2023 · The rest of this article can be found exclusively in the Feb. 18 printed version of The Tablet. You can buy it at church for $1, or you can ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Drawn to religious life, he entereed the Salvatorians' Seminary in St. Nazians, Wisconsin from 1942 to 1945, but left after suffering a medical ...
Dec 20, 2022 · Meet Father Martin Maria de Porres Ward, the world's first African American member of the Conventual Franciscans, one of multiple branches of an ...
Friar Martin de Porres Maria WARD, Pray for Us―as We Pray for YOU!
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Apr 3, 2024 · This group is preparing a report on the life of Friar Martin de Porres WARD. Once the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints approves the cause ...