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Tag: Joseph Gerard
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Joseph Gérard (Blessed)
Blessed Joseph (1831-1914) was born in Bouxières-aux-Chênes, France into a Catholic farming family. He was the eldest of five children and received early support from his Parish Priest to begin studies for the priesthood. He had good linguistic skills which he put to great use in later life, learning the local Zulu and Sesotho languages…