November 24
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions

Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions

martyrs of Vietnam · † 1745 – 1862
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
— Matt 5:10

A Vietnamese priest and 116 companions – priests, bishops, catechists, mothers and fathers – who died for the faith during a cruel persecution. As many as 130,000 people died for their faith in Vietnam at that time. Their blood is the seed of a living church in Asia.

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