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DOM SIMON JUBANIAnthology of WoundsDom Simon Jubani was bornin Shkodra in 1927. He beganApostolic School to become aJesuit when he was 16 years old.After the closure of religiouscatholic schools in Albania, hecontinued the public high school.In 1957 through 1958 he tookthe “Order of Missal” and servedin Mirdita as a priest.He was then arrested and sentenced to 26 years inprison.He was freed on April 13, 1989. On November 4, 1990,he celebrated in the graveyard of Rremajt the first catholicpublic mass after decades under ban in front of manybelievers.For his great contribute, he was decorated with thetitle “Doctor Honoris Causa” in 1991 from San FranciscoUniversity, and took the diploma in human sciences withthe motivation “Bringer of a new era in Albania.”In 1996, Michigan honored him with the diploma withthe motivation “Initiator of the free word and catholicpress.”Dom Simon Jubani is the first Albanian that after theimplosion of the communism was called in audience fromPope John Paul II. He worked with devotion to rebuild thecatholic institutions in Albania. He is also author of twobooks with memories.125