5 Quotes & Sayings By Edmund Campion

Edmund Campion was born in 1701 near Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was the son of a clergyman. At age 20, he entered the seminary at Waterford to study for the priesthood, but after two years he left Waterford to study philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He went on to obtain degrees in civil law and canon law, and was ordained a priest at Wexford Cathedral in 1726 Read more

Later that year he became vicar of St. Mary's Church in Clonmel. In 1728 he became the rector of St.

John's Cathedral in Cork, where he remained until his death on 4 February 1780. He died at the age of seventy-six having suffered greatly from gout.

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At his funeral the priest's words applied signally to him: 'The Christian Brothers are a body of men who live without luxury, labour without emolument, and die without notice, that they might stamp God's image on the soul of youth. That surely is a splendid vocation. Edmund Campion
Between optimism and pessimism, there is confidence in God.
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Between optimism and pessimism, there is confidence in God. Edmund Campion
If he had given away anything else, he would have...
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If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure. Edmund Campion
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We human beings are story-tellers, we pass on our values through the stories we tell. This is particularly true of Catholics, who get their identity through their histories, which they see as salvation history linking them to the saving actions of Christ. So, for Catholics, doing history — passing on the values by telling stories — is a pastoral imperative. We must look where we have been in order to know where we are going. . Edmund Campion