Dr Fernando Millán Romeral O.Carm. delivers his talk on St Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite martyred by the Nazis during WWII. Photo: Paul Sharp There was a full house in Trinity College Dublin for a talk on the life of St Titus Brandsma, who was killed by the Nazis for speaking out against anti-Jewish laws.
Dr Fernando Millán Romeral O.Carm., former prior general of St Brandsma’s Carmelite congregation, explored the saint’s battle for truth and freedom in his February 11 talk.
Fr Millán praised the Carmelite saint’s “ethical resistance” to the Nazis in his native Holland.
St Brandsma’s “ever-burning passion for truth and freedom shone through in his journalism”, which he used in the battle for truth, freedom and people’s lives. St Brandsma was canonised by Pope Francis on May 15 last year.
The event was a joint venture organised by the Loyola Institute and the Carmelite Congregation in Ireland.