Titus Brandsma has proven to be a source of inspiration to people all over the world: educators, men and women in the church, journalists and scholars, peace workers, people in distress, fighters for justice, the sick and the lonely, God-seekers. Titus' significance, for the present as well as for the future, arises from his infectious zeal for authentic piety and humanity, in the spirit of the prophet Elijah, the great example of Mount Carmel.