ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 9th of August WELCOME! BLESSEDS MICHAŁ TOMASZEK AND ZBIGNIEW STRZAŁKOWSKI, PRIESTS AND MARTYRS Michał Tomaszek, Zbigniew Strzałkowski and Alessandro Dordi were killed by the guerrillas of Shining Path, Peru’s Maoist insurgency. They were targeted because of their pastoral work among the inhabitants of the Andes and the assistance they granted to those in need. In August 1991, the guerrillas escalated their violence against the Roman Catholic Church and announced that they would kill a priest every week in the Diocese of Chimbote. THEY ESCALATED THEIR VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The first priest they picked out luckily escaped execution. On August 9, they abducted two Polish friars from the church at the end of the evening's Eucharistic celebration. After a brief show trial, they were led out of the village and killed near the cemetery, along with the local mayor. On August 25, they ambushed the car in ...