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Parent(s)
  
Jacob and Mary Samonie

Name
  
Jay Samonie


Role
  
Priest

Titles
  
Father

Born
  
April 27, 1930 (
1930-04-27
)
Detroit, Michigan

Occupation
  
Priest Archdiocese of Detroit

Website
  
Film Documentary Website

Died
  
July 15, 2010, Garden City, Michigan, United States

Books
  
The Holy Spirit: Our Divine Companion Guiding Us on Our Way Home

Education
  
University of Detroit Mercy, Sacred Heart Major Seminary

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Rev. Jay Samonie, Ph. D. (April 27, 1930 – July 15, 2010) was a Detroit area priest, author, artist and pianist who wrote about his mystical spiritual experiences, including communication with his spirit guide Jesus, and out of body experiences.

Contents

He was a self-taught painter and pianist. A movie, Light: The story of Father Jay Samonie. has been made documenting his life. He spoke English, German, Spanish and Italian.

Family Origin

Of Lebanese descent, Long family line of Priests and Bishops (maiden = Fadool) (Assemani, Lebanese)

Early life

Father hourly worker at Cadillac Motors for 25 years, then purchased and ran 2 grocery stores 10 of 11 children

Education

Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan 1944 Started studying to be a Priest (age 14) Ordained in 1956 Master's Degree From University of Detroit in 1971 He Learned Spanish while a summer job during seminar working with Mexican migrant workers near Bay City, Michigan Father Died 1955 (67) / His mother died 1958, at the age of 62, just before he was Ordained.

Career

  • Appointed to the Michigan's Judicial Tenure Committee by Michigan Governor James Blanchard
  • Appointed the Assignment Board for the Archdiocese of Detroit during the mid-1970s

    • Mystical Experiences

  • On Ascension Thursday, May 26, 1937, Samonie was 7 years old and his family lived across the street from Mt. Elliott Cemetery. In the morning, along with three siblings, he saw a vision lasting one hour over the cemetery. They "saw thousands, perhaps millions of oval-shaped objects going up to the sky, and others going down into the earth ... Behind the objects in the sky, the vision also included three huge objects: A most beautiful lady dressed in blue and white ... a man with a beard. He was holding a child in the palm of his hand ... and a massive cross."
  • While on a tour of the Mexican pyramids of Teotihuacan, he writes he had his first out-of-body experience, where he experienced being a Mayan architect during the building of the pyramid.
  • During one of his visions, he was admitted into the Great White Brotherhood

    • Controversy

    Father Jay was reported to the Church four times for heresy, which he considers "credits."

    Published non-fiction works

  • On My Way Home (1998)ISBN 1-57502-788-7
  • Reflections On My Way Home (1999) ISBN 0-7392-0486-6
  • The Holy Spirit: Our Divine Companion Guiding Us On Our Way Home (2006) ISBN 978-0-9752636-1-7
  • My Greatest Joys On My Way Home (2004) ISBN 978-0-9752636-0-0
  • Rite of Passage: Describing the Spiritual Rites of Passage of Rev. Jay J. Samonie (2006) ISBN 978-0-9752636-2-4

    • Influences

  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  • Thomas Merton
  • A Course in Miracles
  • Raymond Moody
  • Edgar Cayce
  • Dechanet
  • Al McBride

    • References

    Jay Samonie Wikipedia
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