Tragically, he perished in the Lusitania, when it was torpedoed on 7 May 1915. Endowed with a passionate love of the beautiful, he dedicated his gifts to the service of Art and his Fortune to spreading a knowledge of it in his own country. The memory of his self-forgetful life, inspired by a devout and humble faith, is the precious possession of his friends. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Although the number of parishioners who served in both wars was much greater, these figures give us a glimpse of the terrible losses sustained by small, tightly-knit parish communities, in which few families were not tourched by global conflict.
Memorials say nothing about the greater numbers who returned to their homes maimed in mind and body.
Remembrance Sunday is observed every year. Thanks to the pioneering work of Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman it is now inconceivable that the nations of western Europe will ever go to war again. We remember peace as well as war. Wars happen because peace is betrayed. It was built in 1754 by John Snetzler, born in Passau c. 1710.