A Brief Hospital Visit

Fr. Franz Stock (left) in Our Lady of Chartres Seminary, the “Seminary Behind Barbed Wire.”

Fr. Stock with his bicycle

Fr. Franz Stock (center) with Bishop Angelo Roncalli (left), the papal nuncio (ambassador) to France and one of the biggest champions of Our Lady of Chartres Seminary, the “Seminary Behind Barbed Wire.” Roncalli later became Pope St. John XXIII.

As far as we know, there is only one book in English on Fr. Stock: The Last Human Face. We cannot recommend it, given numerous factual and theological errors. However, it’s the only place to start for now if you want to learn more about him in English.