ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of December WELCOME! SAINTS PAUL MI AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Paul ( Paulus ) (commemorated on December 18 and November 18), surnamed Mi, catechist in Tongking [North Vietnam], was strangled to death for his Christian faith. His companions Peter (Petrus) Duong and Petrus Truat [Pierre Duong, Pierre Truat] were martyred on the same occasion, on December 18, 1838. Born in 1798 from a family of martyrs, Paul had served the Church as a catechist for 14 years. He was already hoping to be ordained a priest when he was taken prisoner on June 20, 1837. Shortly before his end, Peter wrote to the missionary Marette: "The happiness that awaits us, the thought of heaven, which we are already approaching, makes such an impression on my soul that it has no room for any other wish. Sinner as I am, I trust in the merits of my Saviour and in the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and the blessed martyrs who await me i...