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James T. KeaneDecember 03, 2007
Just in time for his feast day, Xavier: Missionary and Saint, an hourlong documentary written, directed, and produced by Jesuit scholastics Jeff Johnson, S.J. and Jeremy Zipple, S.J., will show around the country on PBS starting this week and continuing throughout December. You can check the Web site for your local dates and times.
The film includes location shots, historical footage, dramatic reenactments of Xavier’s life, and interviews with historians on Xavier’s significance and personality. You can also watch a trailer for the film here.
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16 years 5 months ago
In honor of his feastday I posted a photo of St. Francis Xavier's incorrupt body being carried by people in India in The John Paul II Millstone http://jp2m.blogspot.com/ Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints like St. Francis Xavier!...and like Fr. Jon Sobrino http://pope-ratz.blogspot.com/

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