Xavier was born in Detroit and adopted into the Marquette Family. After graduating from High School, he attended the College of Engineering of the University of Detroit.
After ordination, Xavier had numerous, short-term assignments. On the one hand, he was a good priest and was always warm toward the other friars. On the other hand, he was always unsettled and never seemed to be at peace living in community.
Perhaps hoping to find his niche, Xavier volunteered for the Guam Mission. Within a few years, however, the Imperial Japanese Forces captured Guam. The American Missionaries, including Xavier, were taken as prisoners of war and spent three years in a concentration camp in Japan. When the Second World War ended, Xavier returned to the States, his physical and psychological health even more impaired.
For the last 29 years of his life, Xavier was in constant search of a benevolent bishop who would accept him into his diocese. He went through a series of willing bishops, but the end result was always the same. Finally, he received permission to remain a Capuchin and to live apart from the community.
Xavier suffered greatly during his lifetime. He died in Detroit on February 16, 1974, aged 74, after 50 years of religious life and 43 of priesthood, and is buried in the Capuchin Cemetery there. Perhaps death brought him the peace he never knew on earth.
After ordination, Xavier had numerous, short-term assignments. On the one hand, he was a good priest and was always warm toward the other friars. On the other hand, he was always unsettled and never seemed to be at peace living in community.
Perhaps hoping to find his niche, Xavier volunteered for the Guam Mission. Within a few years, however, the Imperial Japanese Forces captured Guam. The American Missionaries, including Xavier, were taken as prisoners of war and spent three years in a concentration camp in Japan. When the Second World War ended, Xavier returned to the States, his physical and psychological health even more impaired.
For the last 29 years of his life, Xavier was in constant search of a benevolent bishop who would accept him into his diocese. He went through a series of willing bishops, but the end result was always the same. Finally, he received permission to remain a Capuchin and to live apart from the community.
Xavier suffered greatly during his lifetime. He died in Detroit on February 16, 1974, aged 74, after 50 years of religious life and 43 of priesthood, and is buried in the Capuchin Cemetery there. Perhaps death brought him the peace he never knew on earth.
Xavier was born in Detroit and adopted into the Marquette Family. After graduating from High School, he attended the College of Engineering of the University of Detroit.
After ordination, Xavier had numerous, short-term assignments. On the one hand, he was a good priest and was always warm toward the other friars. On the other hand, he was always unsettled and never seemed to be at peace living in community.
Perhaps hoping to find his niche, Xavier volunteered for the Guam Mission. Within a few years, however, the Imperial Japanese Forces captured Guam. The American Missionaries, including Xavier, were taken as prisoners of war and spent three years in a concentration camp in Japan. When the Second World War ended, Xavier returned to the States, his physical and psychological health even more impaired.
For the last 29 years of his life, Xavier was in constant search of a benevolent bishop who would accept him into his diocese. He went through a series of willing bishops, but the end result was always the same. Finally, he received permission to remain a Capuchin and to live apart from the community.
Xavier suffered greatly during his lifetime. He died in Detroit on February 16, 1974, aged 74, after 50 years of religious life and 43 of priesthood, and is buried in the Capuchin Cemetery there. Perhaps death brought him the peace he never knew on earth.
After ordination, Xavier had numerous, short-term assignments. On the one hand, he was a good priest and was always warm toward the other friars. On the other hand, he was always unsettled and never seemed to be at peace living in community.
Perhaps hoping to find his niche, Xavier volunteered for the Guam Mission. Within a few years, however, the Imperial Japanese Forces captured Guam. The American Missionaries, including Xavier, were taken as prisoners of war and spent three years in a concentration camp in Japan. When the Second World War ended, Xavier returned to the States, his physical and psychological health even more impaired.
For the last 29 years of his life, Xavier was in constant search of a benevolent bishop who would accept him into his diocese. He went through a series of willing bishops, but the end result was always the same. Finally, he received permission to remain a Capuchin and to live apart from the community.
Xavier suffered greatly during his lifetime. He died in Detroit on February 16, 1974, aged 74, after 50 years of religious life and 43 of priesthood, and is buried in the Capuchin Cemetery there. Perhaps death brought him the peace he never knew on earth.
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