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Henry Morse (1595 – 1 February 1645) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Biography. Henry Morse was born a Protestant in 1595 at his grandmother's house at Brome in the English county of Suffolk, the son of Robert Morse, a minor landowner of Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk.
Henry Morse (1595-1645) was five times arrested for being Catholic and four times was released or escaped. His ability to get out of prison meant that he had a much longer ministry career than most Jesuits in England.
Oct 25, 1997 · Died : February 1, 1645. Beatified : December 15, 1929. Canonized : October 25, 1997. Henry Morse was born of Protestant parents in Suffolk, England. He began his studies at Corpus Christie College, Cambridge but left at the age of seventeen to study law at Barnard’s Inn, London.
Oct 20, 2020 · Michael Holman SJ invites us to study the life of a lesser known martyr, St Henry Morse, priest of the plague.
Learn about Henry Morse, a Jesuit priest who converted to Catholicism and faced persecution and death for his faith in 17th-century England. Discover his missionary work, his canonization, and his lessons for Catholics today.
Jan 30, 2014 · St. Henry Morse Martyr; born in 1595 in Norfolk; died at Tyburn, 1 Feb., 1644. He was received into the church at Douai, 5 June, 1614, after various journeys was ordained at Rome, and left for the mission, 19 June, 1624.
Feb 25, 2021 · Learn about the life and martyrdom of Saint Henry Morse, a secret missionary who ministered to plague victims in anti-Catholic Britain. Watch a short film on his heroic witness and resistance to unjust authority.
