Blessed Miguel Pro in Belgium

Fr. Pro was sent to France for theology and thus wound up in Belgium, the country to which the French Jesuits had been exiled. Also, he was being trained as a priest for the working man and had contact with the French and Belgian miners.

Blessed Miguel was ordained at Enghien, Belgium. Recently, ProVision asked a friend there, Ms. Ann Fraussens, if we could obtain a photo of the church of his ordination. Since she didn't know where it was, she asked the Belgian Jesuits about it. They replied:

The village Enghien is 40km south-west of Brussels. In this Belgian village the French Jesuits at the time of the Combes anti-clerical laws in France had a big house of studies where the French Jesuits did their theological studies, independent of th Belgian Jesuits. They were ordained in the chapel of this house of studies. When the situation in France allowed it, the French Jesuits returned to France for their theology education, and the house in Enghien was sold. We don't know if there is still even a building there; the chapel was probably integrated inside the building. It is not a parish church.

Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J. ¡ Viva Cristo Rey !
Blessed Miguel in Belgium