Dear Editor: My Aunt Kathy just informed me last night that Bishop Frances X. Ford was my great, great uncle – my great grandmother’s brother (“Diocese Puts Bishop Ford On Road to Sainthood,” Dec. 2017).

She told me his story and I was blown away. I’m not sure if she even knows about the efforts for his canonization. She didn’t mention it. She just said he was a martyr. Can’t wait to tell her today. I have so many more questions for her! My family will be joining the guild and I will spread the word at our parish in Charlotte, NC.

KEITH A STIRLING

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