BELIZE, Christmas 1983, marking Pope John Paul II's visit that year, Scott 695-696
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Pope John Paul II & his assistants
BELIZE, Christmas 1983, marking Pope John Paul II's visit that year,
Scott 695-696
While Pope John Paul II is clearly the focus of this issue, two Jesuits can be seen attending him during the papal Mass on March 9. (Read his homily at that Mass) On the 15 cent stamp Jesuit Bishop Robert L. Hodapp (1910-1989) in gold stole assists the Pope as he receives the gifts. Fr. John J. Stochl, SJ (1924 - ), wearing a green stole, is one of those presenting the gifts. On the 75 cent stamp and an Easter 1986 souvenir sheet stamp (below) Bishop Hodapp appears again on the Pope's right. Bishop Hodapp was bishop of Belize from 1958-1983. Fr. Stochl is a Missouri Province Jesuit working in Belize, who is currently in prison and radio ministry.
BELIZE, Easter 1986, Scott 808
THE PHILIPPINES, 1961, the centennial of the birth of Jose
Rizal, Scott 840
The stamp shows Rizal's execution on 30 December 1896. Recognizable by their clerical capes and hats are his two Spanish Jesuit spiritual advisors who stood by him at the last moments, Fr. José Vilaclara, SJ (1840-1897) and Fr. Stanislaus March, SJ (1841-1897). Some of the last words Rizal spoke were, "Everything that the Jesuits taught me was good and holy..."