21/01/2014
# SAINT OF THE DAY # BLESSED CYPRIAN MICHAEL IWENE TANSI 1903 - 1964 (Feast Day: January 20) Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi was born in Aguleri Anambra state, Nigeria in September 1903 to a non-christian parents.. In 1909, he was sent to live with and be educated by a Christian uncle, and was baptized three years later by Irish missionaries. He was a studious student, with a precocious personality and deep piety. He taught as a teacher for three years and later served as headmaster of St. Joseph school for one year in Aguleri. In 1925, against the wishes of his family, he entered St. Paul Seminary in Labariam and was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Onitsha on 19 December 1937. He worked tirelessly in the parishes of Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajali and later become a Cistercian Monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England. He died on January 20, 1964, and was beatified on 22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II. Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Pray for us!