SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 25th of August WELCOME! BLESSED ALESSANDRO DORDI, PRIEST AND MARTYR   Blessed Alessandro Dordi was born on January 23, 1931 and he served as a priest in his birthplace of Bergamo. Dordi had administered to Italian immigrants in Switzerland and he served in watch factories there as a worker-priest. It was there that he became aware of the concerns of the working class and decided to place great focus on social matters. A GREAT FOCUS ON SOCIAL MATTERS He was also a member of the missions of Fidei Donum and travelled to Peru where he did work in the missions there.  He served in the Santa parish and was committed to the farming sector while helping them implement rural development programmes.  HE KEPT SAYING THAT HE WOULD BE THE NEXT VICTIM At the time he learned of the fates of the two Polish Conventual Franciscan Fathers friars, Fr Tomaszek and Fr Strzalkowski , who were killed by Maoist terrorists on August 9...

  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 ...