ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 22nd of July WELCOME! SAINT ANN WANG, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Saint Ann Wang, a Catholic maiden of Wei County, China (Hebei Province), lost her mother at the age of four. Ann was very fervent, intently studying the Catechism and continually devoting herself to pious exercises. At an early age she resolved to consecrate her virginity to God and dedicated her life to the service of the Church. SHE RESOLVED TO CONSECRATE HER VIRGINITY TO GOD Ann’s family, however, against her will, arranged a marriage for her. But as Ann was taken to the wedding, she escaped and fled back to her own home. In 1900 the Chinese quasi-religious faction known as the “Boxers” began a bloody persecution against Christians in China. IT WAS ANN WHO LED THE WOMEN IN PRAYER Ann, now fourteen, was among a group of Catholic women who, as the Boxers approached, took shelter in a school. It was Ann who led the women in prayer and by her words of encouragement ...