Meaning of isidore

Isidore Bakanja (c. &#; 15 August ) was a Congolese Catholic layman and bricklayer who suffered martyrdom in and was beatified on 24 April by Pope John Paul II. Due to the nature of his martyrdom, he is sometimes referred to as "martyr of the Brown scapular".

Biography books for 4th graders Bakanja accepted the Christian faith at eighteen years of age through the ministry of Cistercian missionaries in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as the Belgian Congo). He was a very devout convert and catechist.

Life

Bakanja was baptised into the Roman Catholic Church at eighteen years of age through the ministry of Trappist missionaries in the Belgian Congo. He was a very devout convert and catechist. Bakanja had a great love for the Blessed Virgin Mary that he expressed through recitation of the rosary and by being invested in the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

His Belgian colonist employers had ordered him to cease sharing the gospel as well as remove the Brown scapular that he wore.

Isidore bakanja biography books Isidore Bakanja (c. – 15 August ) was a Congolese Catholic layman and bricklayer who suffered martyrdom in and was beatified on 24 April by Pope John Paul II. Due to the nature of his martyrdom, he is sometimes referred to as "martyr of the Brown scapular".

Isidore's refusal to comply with the demands of his supervisor resulted in his being brutally beaten and chained.

As a result of the beating and persistent ill treatment he received, Bakanja's wounds became severely infected. As his condition worsened his supervisor sought to keep him from the view of the plantation's inspector. However, Bakanja was discovered and taken to the inspector's home for treatment.

His condition had deteriorated so severely, however, that no further medical attention could help him. At this point Isidore told the inspector "tell them that I am dying because I am a Christian." Missionaries in the area visited Isidore and urged him to forgive the supervisor. He assured them that he already had, declaring "When I am in heaven, I shall pray for him very much."^[1] In the following months, more than 4, baptisms were recorded in the Busira area, which was seen as the fruit of Bakanja's martyrdom.

Veneration

His feast day is 15 August, on 12 August in the liturgical calendar of the Carmelite order.

Isidore bakanja biography books free Isidore Bakanja, who gave his life for the Christian faith, led a simple life as a Catholic layman at the time of the atrocities perpetrated by King Leopold II’s regime in the Congo Free State. He was born at Bokendela on the river Congo, north of the town of Mbandaka (formerly Coquihatville).

The National Shrine of Saint Jude, Faversham, United Kingdom contains an icon of Isidore. In a fire broke out in the Shrine Chapel which destroyed the murals which hung there, and it damaged much of the other artwork. The decision was made to install icons depicting saints inspired by the Rule of Saint Albert, and in commemoration of the 8th centenary of the Carmelite rule in ^[2][3]

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