One week after the beatification of the martyr Franz Jaegerstaetter on the national holiday, the relic was consecrated in a high mass and placed in a stele. This sits by the altar, which is consecrated to Mary?Queen of the Martyrs.
I believe our church is entrusted with a precious treasure here, that we should get to know, which perhaps says more than many sociological and psychological studies over the further direction of the Church in our land.
Federal President Heinz Fischer praised the martyr and conscientious objector Franz Jaegerstaetter, at the commendation of around 1,400 recruits on Heroes Plaza in Vienna on the (Austrian) national holiday.
