Thursday, January 29, 2015

Devoted teacher for almost 6 decades; canonized by St. Pope JPII

St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux

 
Image of St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux

Facts

Feastday: January 30
Birth: 1841
Death: 1917
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II

Christian Brother praised as a model teacher. He was born the son of a blacksmith in Mellet, Belgium, in 1841. Entering the Christian Brothers, he changed his baptismal name, Louis, to Mutien. In 1859 he was assigned to St. Bertuin�s School in Maloone, where he taught for fifty-eight years. Mutien specialized in art and music. He was canonized in 1989 by Pope John Paul II.

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