{"id":3314,"date":"2026-07-08T22:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:29:01","slug":"japanese-christians-part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/japanese-christians-part2\/","title":{"rendered":"Enduring Faith: Japan’s Hidden Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

Following her popular presentation last spring on the early Christian martyrs of Japan, Kristie Kiesel returns to continue the remarkable story of the centuries of persecution that followed Christianity’s Golden Age.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Discover how Japan was reopened to the West in the 19th century, the astonishing faith missionaries found still alive after more than 250 years of isolation, and how this history connects with the Aug. 9, 1945, bombing of Nagasaki. The presentation includes inspiring stories and photographs of many of the sacred sites that can still be visited today.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Registration is requested, but not required to attend.<\/span><\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Wednesday, Aug. 5 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Xavier Room” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/secure.accessacs.com\/access\/eventlogin.aspx?id=I0wmlEFiHwaI34gOQK7xAQ==&site=10652&ReturnUrl=events%2fwz_people.aspx&ChurchID=7031&EventID=239989&sn=10652″ button_text=”Click Here to Register” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”20px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_use_color_gradient=”on” button_bg_color_gradient_direction=”120deg” button_bg_color_gradient_stops=”#d8a200 0%|#daad27 99%” button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”50px” button_font=”|700|||||||” button_icon=”||fa||900″ button_on_hover=”off” custom_margin=”30px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”15px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”15px|60px|15px|35px|false|false” button_text_size_tablet=”20px” button_text_size_phone=”16px” button_text_size_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_free_form=”selector:after {margin-left: 10px!important; font-size: 16px!important;}” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_vertical=”20px” box_shadow_blur=”30px” box_shadow_spread=”-10px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(10,4,4,0.15)” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover=”#FFFFFF” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urakami-cathedral-nagasaki.jpeg” title_text=”urakami cathedral nagasaki” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n

Construction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Neo-Romanesque building, began in 1895, after a long-standing ban on Christianity was lifted.\u00a0 The atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, detonated in Urakami only 500 m (1640 ft) from the cathedral, completely destroying it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following her popular presentation last spring on the early Christian martyrs of Japan, Kristie Kiesel returns to continue the remarkable story of the centuries of persecution that followed Christianity’s Golden Age. Discover how Japan was reopened to the West in the 19th century, the astonishing faith missionaries found still alive after more than 250 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[108,109,107,110,111],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","tag-christians","tag-hidden","tag-japan","tag-kristie-kiesel","tag-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3348,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions\/3348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfxmedina.com\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}