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SUMMARY:Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions
DESCRIPTION:Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions\nSaint of the Day for July 8\n(d. July 9\, 1900)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJul08.mp3\nSaint Gregory Grassi and Companions’ Story\nChristian missionaries have often gotten caught in the crossfire of wars against their own countries. When the governments of Britain\, Germany\, Russia\, and France forced substantial territorial concessions from the Chinese in 1898\, anti-foreign sentiment grew very strong among many Chinese people. \nGregory Grassi was born in Italy in 1833\, ordained in 1856\, and sent to China five years later. Gregory was later ordained Bishop of North Shanxi. With 14 other European missionaries and 14 Chinese religious\, he was martyred during the short but bloody Boxer Uprising of 1900. \nTwenty-six of these martyrs were arrested on the orders of Yu Hsien\, the governor of Shanxi province. They were hacked to death on July 9\, 1900. Five of them were Friars Minor; seven were Franciscan Missionaries of Mary–the first martyrs of their congregation. Seven were Chinese seminarians and Secular Franciscans; four martyrs were Chinese laymen and Secular Franciscans. The other three Chinese laymen killed in Shanxi simply worked for the Franciscans and were rounded up with all the others. Three Italian Franciscans were martyred that same week in the province of Hunan. All these martyrs were beatified in 1946\, and were among the 120 martyrs canonized in 2000. \n\nReflection\nMartyrdom is the occupational hazard of missionaries. Throughout China during the Boxer Uprising\, five bishops\, 50 priests\, two brothers\, 15 sisters and 40\,000 Chinese Christians were killed. The 146\,575 Catholics served by the Franciscans in China in 1906 had grown to 303\,760 by 1924\, and were served by 282 Franciscans and 174 local priests. Great sacrifices often bring great results.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-gregory-grassi-and-companions/2018-07-08/
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