Slomšek is our patron

Statue of Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek in Maribor (Flikr_Dennis Jarvis) Source: Flikr_Dennis Jarvis

Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek's feast day is celebrated every year on September 24. This year marks 20 years since his beautification by the late Pope John Paul 11 in Maribor on 19 September 1999. Fr Ciril Božič, OFM OAM, leader of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Slovenian Mission in Kew shares his thoughts about Slovenia's first saint in waiting.