Collect for the feast of blessed Niels Steensen
This is the collect for the feast day of Niels Steensen, November 25th: Entry verse: 1 Sam 2:35 I shall raise up a faithful priest, who shall act according to what is in my heart and in my mind. Collect…
Priest, bishop, beatus
After a return to Copenhagen Niels Stensen went abroad again in September 1664, first to Paris, and then on to Florence. We know that he discussed Catholicism with a Jesuit in Cologne. In Paris he visited Hedvig Margarete von Rantzau,…
Niels Steensen’s spirituality
By August Ziggelaar SJ Niels Stensen is famous not only for his scientific discoveries, but also for his spirituality. Born into Lutheran orthodoxy, Stensen converted to Roman Catholicism, became a priest, and in 1988 was beatified by Blessed Pope John…
