ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 12th of July WELCOME! SAINT JOHN JONES, PRIEST AND MARTYR ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales Saint John Jones, also known as John Buckley, John Griffith or Godfrey Maurice, was a Welsh Franciscan priest and martyr. He was born in Clynnog Fawr in Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd) into a courageous Catholic family who remained faithful to the Church even at the height of the Protestant Reformation. HE TRAVELLED TO ROME When John was a boy he entered a strict Observant Franciscan friary at Greenwich. When it was dissolved in 1559 [by the Protestant Government forces] he moved to Pontoise, where he professed his vows. He later travelled to Rome and stayed at the Aracoeli friary. While in Rome John joined the Roman province of the Reformati, a yet stricter branch of the Friars Minor. HE ASKED TO JOIN THE ENGLISH MISSION In 1591 he asked to join the English Mission. Despite the evident risk to his life, his superiors agreed and he re...