Comments on: Joe Devlin: The Boat People’s Priest http://www.historynet.com/joe-devlin-the-boat-peoples-priest.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peggy http://www.historynet.com/joe-devlin-the-boat-peoples-priest.htm/comment-page-1#comment-59766 Peggy Sat, 09 May 2009 13:05:32 +0000 #comment-59766 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! 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: Fr Joe's Nephew http://www.historynet.com/joe-devlin-the-boat-peoples-priest.htm/comment-page-1#comment-123 Fr Joe's Nephew Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:34:12 +0000 #comment-123 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!!!!! 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!!!!!

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