From Papua New Guinea a new blessed beatified by soon to be Saint Pope JPII; Bl. Peter stood up for God against invading Japanese Army

Bl. Peter To Rot

   

Bl. Peter To Rot

 

Feastday: July 7
1912 - 1945
Beatified By: 17 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II

On January 17, 1995, Pope John Paul II visited Papua New Guinea to celebrate the beatification of Peter To Rot (pronounced "toe rote"). Missionaries of the Sacred Heart throughout the world celebrated because Peter To Rot was intimately connected to our missions. He was trained by and worked with the MSC on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

Peter To Rot was born in 1912 in Rakunai, a village near Rabaul, the capital of New Britain. To Rot's father was Angelo To Puia, a respected chief and local leader, and his mother was Maria Ja Tumul. Peter was the third of six children. There was an older brother and sister, Joseph and Therese, a younger brother, Gabriel, and the two youngest, a boy and a girl, who died in childhood.

 

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