Jun 09, 2015
BELHARTZ Bertrand (Brother) - France
Chéraute, 14 february 1920 - Bétharram, 24 January 2014
One day in September 1940 four young religious were standing on the altar steps ready to go and carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to China, the Province of Yunan – two were from the Bearn: Fathers Pedabideau and Bignolles, one from the Languedoc, Father Sableyrolles, and one from the Basque Country, Brother Bethan Belharx.
It was the Farewell ceremony: a simple rite but moving and a trifle sad; they were bidding farewell to Betharram, to their family, to their homeland. They had a one way ticket by boat but no return ticket. They had placed their lives in God’s hands. (...)
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