Crauwels brothers

(1927—1962), were Belgian missionaries of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) who were killed together with seventeen other Belgian Spiritans and one Dutch brother by radical African nationalist elements of the national army Armée Nationale Congolaise on new year's day 1962, during the Kongolo Massacre.

Then, they went on noviciate in Cellule, France, before studying philosophy and theology at the scholasticate of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Leuven.

[5][6] In September 1952, Gaston left for the Belgian Congo to start his missionary work at the apostolic vicariate of Kongolo, first in Lubunda, then as the head of the new mission in Budi-Petshi in 1956, before moving to Ankoro in 1959.

Louis left for the Belgian colony on 3 June 1956, where he became a teacher at the minor seminary of Kongolo, before becoming the director of the primary school and youth apostolate at the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

At first, Antoine Gizenga's cousin, general Victor Pakassa was accused of being implicated, but one of the surviving missionaries Jules Darmont exonerated him.

Parish church of Walem
"The missionary offering his life", sculpture of Raf Mailleux [ nl ] at the Memorial Chapel of Kongolo [ fr ] in Gentinnes