Martyr in Congo

Fr. John Didonè: The Joy of Living

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Fr. John Didonè - The Joy of Living

Born at Cusinati di Rosa', Vicenza, Italy, on March 18, 1930
Killed at Fizi, D. R. Congo, on Nov. 28, 1964

Fr. John Didonè (6 years in Congo), Fr. Louis Carrara (2 years), and Br. Victor Faccin (3 years) faced the challenges of a civil war of former Congo. Br. Victor was shot at close range just outside of church in Baraka by an army officer. Hearing the commotion, Fr. Carrara, who was hearing confessions on that early afternoon, rushed out of church, and met his death, by the gun of the same general. The killing continued in Fizi, 30 miles north, where Fr. Didonè and diocesan priest Fr. Atanasio Joubert resided. It was Nov. 28th, 1964.

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