"English mission" returning to England and risking a horrendous death in order to preach and bring Sacraments to recusant Catholics.
The accounts of the work of such men as Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant, Robert Southwell, Henry Walpole, all under the reign of Elizabeth I are inspiring. And - Thomas Garnet, Edmund Arrowsmith and Henry Morse.
Nicholas Owen: the most famous builder of priest holes, enabling Jesuit priests to hide from their enemies. There is a strong case for saying that during the last week of February 1606, the survival of Catholicism in England depended on whether Nicholas Owen could remain silent under prolonged and ruthless torture.
He did not bend.