Friday, September 11 · Ordinary Time
Blessed Joan Roig I Diggle
Blessed Joan Roig I Diggle, born on 12 May 1917 in Barcelona, Spain, was a devout Catholic young man who lived during a turbulent period in Spanish history. He was the son of Ramón Roig Fuente and Maud Diggle Puckering, born into a humble and impoverished family.
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A Dominican friar whose teaching joined patient argument, biblical study, and prayer in a sustained search for truth.
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