ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 4th of February JOHN BAPTIST LUI JINGSHAN, BISHOP Bishop John Baptist Lui Jingshan of the People’s Republic of China recently died at the age of 99 years. He was born in 1913 in inland Mongolia to a Catholic family. At the age of 16 he began studying for the priesthood, completing his studies during the Japanese occupation. HE WAS SENT TO A LABOUR CAMP After his ordination as a priest he served as a parish priest until 1951, when he was imprisoned and sent to a labour camp, where he was forced to herd pigs for almost 20 years. Bishop John Baptist was freed in 1970 and for several years worked as a farmer. In 1979 he was allowed to take up his priestly work again but in 1983, considered a political prisoner, he was made to relocate at the age of 70 years to Yinchaun, where he said, “I must still do something for the Lord, and find a way to build the church”. "I MUST STILL DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD" Three years ...