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Joe Devlin: The Boat People’s PriestVietnam | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
I think the people I helped remember me sometimes. I think I live in their hearts. That’s a nice thought, isn’t it–to live in people’s hearts? I can remember their faces but not their names. I can’t even speak their language. But I am sure they remember me, my kindness, my work, and I live in their hearts. If they remember me they will someday be inspired and perhaps do good also, and if they do, when they do, then what I did was worth it. Even if they don’t, even if they forget me, it was still worth it, wasn’t it? Subscribe Today
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2 Comments to “Joe Devlin: The Boat People’s Priest”
I recieved baptism and first communion from my great uncle Fr joe. he used to send us letters, and on the front of them he would write a number. when asked, he replied…thats how many survived or were killed on this or that boatload… what a cheerful thought…
ALL HAIL TO LITTLE SAIGON!!!!!
By Fr Joe's Nephew on Jun 17, 2008 at 6:34 pm
My mother used to received letters from Fr. Joe when he was at Songklha. She would box up combs and soaps that he requested for the raped girls in his camps and send them over – he often took the time to reply with a lengthy, hand-written letter, all of which she saved.
Now, I have a 38-year-old Vietnamese born priest in my parish whose family fled Saigon when it fell to live in the jungle for over four years. They were reunited with their father, who was jailed before they went to live in the jungle, and came to the U.S. in ‘95.
Fr. Devlin should be canonized!
By Peggy on May 9, 2009 at 9:05 am