ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 26th of July WELCOME! BLESSED ANDREW PHU YEN, MARTYR [On] July 26, one of the Blesseds celebrated by the Church is Blessed Andrew Phu Yen, the first martyr of Vietnam. HE HAD STAYED BEHIND TO CARE FOR THE SICK When soldiers from Mandarin Bo arrived on July 25, 1644 to arrest a priest, they only found the lay youth, 19 year old Blessed Andrew Phu Yen, in the compound. Blessed Andrew had stayed behind to care for the sick. Not wishing to return empty handed to Mandarin Bo, the soldiers arrested Blessed Andrew, beat him up, destroyed his religious goods, and transported him to the governor’s palace. HE ATTEMPTED TO PERSUADE HIM TO CHANGE HIS BELIEFS That evening the soldiers delivered Blessed Andrew to Mandarin Bo, who attempted to persuade him to change his beliefs. Blessed Andrew refused to yield and he was put in chains and sent to prison. The next morning Mandarin Bo again tried to persuade Blessed Andrew to renounce his Fai...