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<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In keeping with the Tudor\u2019s theme, and in my own twist on \u201cMemorial day\u201d, I would like to share this photograph. I took\u00a0it about a year ago at Tyburn convent in London. It depicts St. John Houghton, prior of the Carthusian charterhouse in London. Houghton was the first Catholic martyr to refuse to sign Henry VIII\u2019s oath of supremacy. The sister who gave the tour of the relics recounted the story. As pressure was applied on the Carthusians, they deliberated their fate. St. John Houghton offered a votive Mass of the Holy Spirit. At the elevation, his hands locked up, and he was unable to lower them. At that very point, the monks together opted for martyrdom. Houghton and\u00a0two other leading\u00a0Carthusians were hung, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn in May, 1535. Many others followed. Let us celebrate our own Catholic \u201cMemorial day\u201d by remembering the Catholics who bravely died for the faith.<\/p>\n
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In keeping with the Tudor\u2019s theme, and in my own twist on \u201cMemorial day\u201d, I would like to share this photograph. I took\u00a0it about a year ago at Tyburn convent in London. It depicts St. John Houghton, prior of the Carthusian charterhouse in London. Houghton was the first Catholic martyr to refuse to sign Henry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,213,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-martyrdom","category-mornings-minion"],"yoast_head":"\n