Memoirs of Fr. Joseph Guo Fude, S.V.D., a Centenarian: A Life of Following Christ
Date: August 19, 2017 Source: Catholic Evangelization Group Memoirs of Fr. Joseph Guo Fude, S.V.D., a Centenarian Divine Word Missionary: A Life of Following Time: 2017-08-19 Source: Catholic Evangelization Group Author: Clicks: 15642 1. Family Background I was born on February 1, 1920, in Beiyi Village, Xuecheng Town, Zaozhuang City. My father, Guo Wenkai, was a zealous Catholic and worked for many years for the Church in Xuecheng. He once served as principal of the Catholic Sanyu Primary School and as president of that parish. I lost my mother at the age of eight, leaving my second younger brother Fuxing (then only 8 months old). In order to nurse and raise him, my father spared no cost to find a wet nurse to feed him and bring him up to adulthood. At that time, for the livelihood of the whole family, my father had no choice but to remarry, finding Wang Mali from the Yanzhou Orphanage to be my stepmother, and later my third younger brother Fulin was born (now deceased). 2. Enlightenm...
