ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 15th of April WELCOME! THOMAS BYLES, PRIEST Father Thomas Byles was born as Russel David Byles in Leeds on February 26, 1870. His parents were Louisa and Alfred (a Protestant pastor). He began his studies in Oxford, where he converted to Catholicism and took the name Thomas after his great role model, St Thomas Aquinas. He then took up studies in Rome, where he was ordained a priest at the age of 32, and soon afterwards became parish priest in the English city of Ongar. He was known as a scholar, a good preacher, and a devoted priest. HE CELEBRATED HOLY MASS FOR THE PASSENGERS He had connections to the U.S.A. as his brother William (also a convert to the Catholic Church) lived in New York. He began his voyage across the Atlantic voyage on April 10, 1912 in Southampton. He boarded the "unsinkable" Titanic as a 2nd class passenger, which began its maiden voyage there. On Sunday morning, April 14, he celebrated Holy Mass ...