Isidore De Loor

Isidore De Loor, C.P., also known as Isidore of Saint Joseph, was a Belgian lay brother of the Passionist Congregation, born on April 18, 1881 in Vrasene, Belgium died October 6, 1916 at Kortrijk, Belgium. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984.

He was born on April 18, 1881, in the village of Vrasene, now part of the Municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. His parents, Alos De Loor and Kamilla Hutsebaut, a deeply religious couple, had been married for two years when Isidore was born. Isidores education came to an end when he was agedand from then on he joined his father in working on the familys farm. He grew up to be a devout and hardworking young man and often thought of following a vocation to the religious life. At a mission given by the Redemptorist Fathers he discussed the matter of his vocation with a priest who advised him to join the Passionists.

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