Saint of the Day January 11, 2003
Blessed William Carter
Born in London, William Carter entered the printing
business at an early age. For many years he served as
apprentice to well-known Catholic printers, one of
whom served a prison sentence for persisting in the
Catholic faith. William himself served time in prison
following his arrest for "printing lewd [i.e.,
Catholic] pamphlets" as well as possessing books
upholding Catholicism.
But even more, he offended public officials by
publishing works that aimed to keep Catholics firm in
their faith. Officials who searched his house found
various vestments and suspect books, and even managed
to extract information from William's distraught wife.
Over the next 18 months William remained in prison,
suffering torture and learning of his wife's death.
He was eventually charged with printing and publishing
the Treatise of Schisme, which allegedly incited
violence by Catholics and which was said to have been
written by a traitor and addressed to traitors. While
William calmly placed his trust in God, the jury met
for only 15 minutes before reaching a verdict of
"guilty." William, who made his final confession to a
priest who was being tried alongside him, was hanged,
drawn and quartered the following day: January 11,
1584.
He was beatified in 1987.
Love + prayers,
Joseachayan / Jeddah / Saudi Arabia
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