POTTER United Families

Born in Bruges in 1602, cousin
Roeland was a missionary in
Holland who came to Delft to serve
the congregation in 1621.
He was always willing to assist the
sick in their disease, baptize
children, and bless marriages.
He could stop people from
committing sins, help them to get
back on the right path and help
virtue take root.
That was his personal appeal and mission on earth in Holland.
He was so active that he did as much on his own as was normally
done by six priests. His missionary congregation proposed him as
Saint to the Pope!
He took care of families in Gravezande, Wateringen, Rijswijk,
Voorburg, Delft, Leidschendam, Zoetermeer, Akkersdijk, Papsou,
DenHoorn and many surroundings of The Hague.
At a point in time, Roeland and his Society were even threatened with
a huge fine of six hundred guilders for their work… He often had to
keep himself hidden, so that some people could not speak to him for
several weeks. It was then so risky for the fathers that he did not dare
to go out during the day. When he had to visit the sick, he put on a
dark skipper's jersey; so he went unseen in the dark of the night to
help people and remain unknown.
Roeland was going into the cities to help people at their home and at
night, always from one house to another. Once with Agata Sandelin,
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