Genzo Mizuno

The previous post with the story from the CBCJ site gave me the name of the late poet Mr. Genzo Mizuno 水野 源三 who due to a childhood illness was left paralyzed and wrote his poems by blinking!  A quick google of his name will lead you to the same sites I found.  It seems he was not Catholic but is simply described as Christian which is fine because I have no problem including remarkable Protestants on here too.

I found a page in Japanese with a photo of he and his Mom at the top

http://www.work-out.jp/mariko/mizuno.html

Sharing Hospital Room with Nun Leads Woman to Faith

Finally the CBCJ site has been updated and with the update comes this story.

“Four years ago, Sr. Emiko Hiraoka, 56, not a Catholic at the time, was admitted to the university hospital in Geno to be treated for cancer. She was assigned the same room as Sr. Fumiko Koyama, who had a similar condition…”

http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/eng/jcn/may2008.htm#6