Blessed James Miller: The American Brother and Martyr

Son Rise Morning Show · Sep 21, 2026 · 8m

How does a farm boy from Stevens Point, Wisconsin become an officially beatified martyr of the Catholic Church? Tom Southerd from the Brother James Miller Guild joins Matt Swaim on The Son Rise Morning Show to share the extraordinary story of Blessed James Miller, FSC. Known as "Brother Fix-It," James was a De La Salle Christian Brother who served as a teacher, handyman, and youth advocate in Guatemala during its civil war. Despite knowing his life was in danger, Brother James refused to abandon his students, eventually laying down his life in 1982 at age 37. Discover how his ordinary acts of…