2. Saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II
June 19, 1988. - 117 Vietnamese Martyrs - The Vatican estimates the number of
Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000
3. Of these 117 martyrs, 8 were bishops, 50 priests (15 Dominicans,
8 members of the Paris Foreign Mission Society, 27 seculars),
1 seminarian, and 58 lay people (9 Dominican tertiaries and 17 catechists).
4. A young Vietnamese Martyr, Andrew of Phú Yên, was beatified in March,
2000 by Pope John Paul II- Many were beatified on four separate occasions:
64 by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900; eight by Pope Pius X on May 20, 1906;
20 by Pope Pius X on May 2, 1909; and 25 by Pope Pius XII April 29, 1951.
5. The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupings, those killed in the Dominican and
Jesuit missionary era of the 18th century and those killed in the politically inspired
persecutions of the 19th century. A representative sample of only 117 martyrs—
including 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish Dominicans, and 10 French members of the Paris
Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP) have been canonized.
6. The first missionaries visited
Vietnam from Portugal and Spain
in the 16th century. The earliest
missions did not bring very
impressive results. Only after
the arrival of Jesuits in the first
decades of the 17th century
did Christianity begin to establish
its positions within the local
populations in both domains
of Đàng Ngoài (Tonkin) and Đàng
Trong (Cochinchina). These
missionaries were mainly Italians,
Portuguese, and Japanese.
Two priests, Francesco Buzomi and
Diogo Carvalho, established the
first Catholic community in Hội An
in 1615. Between 1627–30,
Avignonese Alexandre de
Rhodes and Portuguese Pero
Marques converted more than
6,000 people in Tonkin
7. In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries including Francisco de Pina, Gaspar do Amaral,
Antonio Barbosa, and de Rhodes developed an alphabet for the Vietnamese language,
using the Latin script with added diacritic marks. This writing system continues to be used
today, and is called chữ Quốc ngữ (literally "national language script"). Meanwhile, the
traditional chữ Nôm, in which Girolamo Maiorica was an expert, was the main script
conveying Catholic faith to Vietnamese until the late 19th century
8. Since the late 17th century, French missionaries of
the Foreign Missions Society and Spanish missionaries
of the Dominican Order have preached in Indochina.
There were Franciscans (in Cochinchina), Italian Dominicans
& Discalced Augustinians (in Eastern Tonkin)
9. The Catholic Church in Vietnam was devastated
during the Tây Sơn rebellion 1771-1785.
10. Despite the turmoil, the missions revived, as a result of
cooperation between the French Vicar Apostolic Pigneaux
de Behaine and Nguyen Anh. After Nguyen's victory
in 1802, in gratitude to assistance received,
he ensured protection to missionary activities.
11. However, only a few
years into the new
emperor's reign, there
was growing antipathy
among officials against
Catholicism and
missionaries reported
that it was purely for
political reasons that
their presence was
tolerated. Tolerance
continued until the death
of the emperor and the
new emperor Minh Mang
succeeding to the
throne in 1820
12. Converts began to be harassed without official edicts in the late 1820s, by local
governments. In 1831 the emperor passed new laws on regulations for religious
groupings in Viet Nam, and Catholicism was then officially prohibited.
14. In 1832, the first act occurred in a largely Catholic village near Hue, with
the entire community being incarcerated and sent into exile in Cambodia.
15. In January 1833 a new kingdom-wide edict was passed calling on Vietnamese
subjects to reject the religion of Jesus and required suspected Catholics
to demonstrate their renunciation by walking on a wooden cross.
17. In 1833, the rebels took over
southern Vietnam, with Catholics
playing a large role.
2,000 Vietnamese Catholic
troops fought under the
command of Father Nguyễn
Văn Tâm. The rebellion was
suppressed after three years of
fighting. The French missionary
Father Joseph Marchand, of
the Paris Foreign Missions
Society was captured in the
siege, and had been supporting
Khôi, and asked for the help
of the Siamese army, through
communications to his
counterpart in Siam,
Father Jean-Louis Taberd.
This showed the strong Catholic
involvement in the revolt and
Father Marchand was executed
18. The failure of the revolt
had a disastrous effect on
the Christians of Vietnam.
New restrictions against
Christians followed, and
demands were made to
find and execute
remaining missionaries.
Anti-Catholic edicts to this
effect were issued by Minh
Mạng in 1836 and 1838.
In 1836-37 six missionaries
were executed: Ignacio
Delgado, Dominico Henares,
José Fernández, François
Jaccard, Jean-Charles Cornay,
and Bishop Pierre Borie
19. The villages of Christians were destroyed and their possessions
confiscated. Families were broken apart. Christians were branded on
the forehead with ta dao, “false religion.” It is believed that between
130,000 and 300,000 Christians died in the various persecutions.
20. Missionaries and Catholic communities were able to sometimes escape
this through bribery of officials; they were also sometimes victims of
extortion attempts by people who demanded money under the threat
that they would report the villages and missionaries to the authorities
21. officials that failed to act
against Christians, were
demoted or removed from
office (and sometimes were
given severe corporal
punishment), while those
who attacked and killed
the Christians could receive
promotion or other rewards.
Lower officials or younger
family members of officials
were sometimes tasked with
secretly going through
villages to report on hidden
missionaries or Catholics that
had not apostasized
23. Quang Tri and Quang Binh
province officials captured
several priests along
with the French
missionary Bishop Pierre
Dumoulin-Borie in 1838
(who was executed).
The court translator,
Francois Jaccard, a Catholic
who had been kept as a
prisoner for years and
was extremely valuable
to the court, was
executed in late 1838
24. A priest, Father Ignatius
Delgado, was captured in
the village of Can Lao (Nam
Định Province), put in a
cage on public display for
ridicule and abuse, and
died of hunger and
exposure while waiting
for execution.
-the officer and soldiers
that captured him were
greatly rewarded
(about 3 kg of silver was
distributed out to all of
them), as were the villagers
that had helped to turn him
over to the authorities
25. The bishop
Dominic Henares
was found in Giao
Thuy district of
Nam Dinh
(later executed);
the villagers and
soldiers that
participated in his
arrest were also
greatly rewarded
26. The priest, Father Joseph Fernandez, and a
local priest, Nguyen Ba Tuan, were captured
in Kim Song, Nam Dinh; the provincial
officials were promoted, the peasants
who turned them over were rewarded
27. In July 1838, a demoted governor attempting to win back his
place did so successfully by capturing the priest Father Dang Dinh
Vien in Yen Dung, Bac Ninh province. (Vien was executed).
28. In 1839, the same official
captured two more priests:
Father Dinh Viet Du and
Father Nguyen Van Xuyen
(also both executed).
33. In Nhu Ly near Hue, an elderly catholic doctor named Simon Hoa was captured
and executed. He had been sheltering a missionary named Charles Delamotte
35. The missionary Father Pierre
Duclos died in prison in
after being captured on the
Saigon river in June 1846.
The boat he was traveling in,
unfortunately contained the
money that was set for the
annual bribes of various
officials (up to 1/3 of the
annual donated French
mission budget for
Cochinchina was officially
allocated to 'special needs')
in order to prevent more
arrests and persecutions
of the converts
36. Bonnard, Jean-Louis
(John Louis Bonnard
Hương), priest; b. 1824
at Saint-Christo-em-
Jarez, France; d. May 1,
1852 Nam Ðịnh, Tonkin.
He was a attached to
the MEP during his work
in Annam (Vietnam).
While awaiting
execution, he wrote a
letter of farewell to his
family. He was beheaded
at the age of 28.
Beatified 1900
37. Almato, Pedro
(PhêrôAlmato Bình),
Dominican priest; b. 1830
at Sassera (Vich), Spain;
d. Nov. 1, 1861, at
Hải Dủỏng, Tonkin.
He was first sent to the
Philippines upon his
profession as a
Dominican. Then he was
sent to Ximabara under
Jerome Hermosilla, with
whom he was beheaded.
Beatified 1906
38. Berrio-Ochoa, Valentín (Valentine Berriochoa, Valentinô Berrio-Ochoa Vinh),
Dominican bishop of Central Tonkin; b. 1827 at Ellorio (Vitoria), Spain; d. Nov. 1, 1861
at Hải Dương, Tonkin. – This bishop was betrayed by one of his own who had
apostatized. In 1861, he was arrested, degraded, imprisoned, tortured, and beheaded
39. The letters and example
of Théophane Vénard (1829-
1861) inspired the young
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
to volunteer for the
Carmelite convent at Hanoi
40. The tortures these individuals underwent
are considered by the Vatican to be among
the worst in the history of Christian
martyrdom. The torturers hacked off limbs
joint by joint, tore flesh with red hot tongs,
and used drugs to enslave the minds of the
victims. Christians at the time were branded
on the face with the words "tả đạo" (左道,
lit. "Left (Sinister) religion")and families
and villages which subscribed to
Christianity were obliterated
41.
42.
43. •A LIST OF THE MARTYRS
•Andrew Dung-Lac An Tran
•Augustin Schoeffler, MEP, a priest from France
•Agnes Le Thi Thanh
•Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ
•Dominic Mậu
•Emmanuel Le Van Phung
•Emmanuel Trieu Van Nguyen
•Francis Chieu Van Do
•Francis Gil de Frederich|Francesc (Francis) Gil de Federich, OP,
•François-Isidore Gagelin, MEP, a priest from France
•Francis Jaccard, MEP, a priest from France
•Francis Trung Von Tran
•Francis Nguyen
•Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian, OP, a bishop from Spain
•Jacinto (Hyacinth) Casteñeda, OP, a priest from Spain
•James Nam
•Jerome Hermosilla, OP, a bishop from Spain
•John Baptist Con
•John Charles Cornay, MEP, a priest from France
•John Dat
•John Hoan Trinh Doan
•John Louis Bonnard, MEP, a priest from France
•John Thanh Van Dinh
•José María Díaz Sanjurjo, OP, a bishop from Spain
•Joseph Canh Luang Hoang
•Joseph Fernandez, OP, a priest from Spain
•Joseph Hien Quang Do
•Joseph Khang Duy Nguyen
•Joseph Luu Van Nguyen
•Joseph Marchand, MEP, a priest from France
•Joseph Nghi Kim
•Joseph Thi Dang Le
•Joseph Uyen Dinh Nguyen
•Joseph Vien Dinh Dang
•Joseph Khang, a local doctor
•Joseph Tuc
•Joseph Tuan Van Tran
•Lawrence Ngon
•Lawrence Huong Van Nguyen
•Luke Loan Ba Vu
•Luke Thin Viet Pham
•Martin Tho
•Martin Tinh Duc Ta
•Matthew Alonzo Leziniana, OP, a priest from Spain
•Matthew Phuong Van Nguyen
•Matthew Gam Van Le
•Melchor García Sampedro, OP, a bishop from Spain
•Michael Dinh-Hy Ho
•Michael My Huy Nguyen
•Nicholas Thé Duc Bui
•Paul Hanh
•Paul Khoan Khan Pham
•Paul Loc Van Le
•Paul Tinh Bao Le
•Paul Tong Viet Buong
•Paul Duong
•Pere (Peter) Almató i Ribera, OP, a priest from Catalonia (Spain)
•Peter Tuan
•Peter Dung Van Dinh
•Peter Da
•Peter Duong Van Truong
•Peter Francis Néron, MEP, a priest from France
•Peter Hieu Van Nguyen
•Peter Quy Cong Doan
•Peter Thi Van Truong Pham
•Peter Tuan Ba Nguyen, a fisherman
•Peter Tuy Le
•Peter Van Van Doan
•Philip Minh Van Doan
•Pierre Borie, MEP, a bishop from France
•Simon Hoa Dac Phan
•Stephen Theodore Cuenot, MEP, a bishop from France
•Stephen Vinh
•Théophane Vénard, MEP, a priest from France
•Thomas De Van Nguyen
•Thomas Du Viet Dinh
•Thomas Thien Tran
•Thomas Toan
•Thomas Khuong
•Valentine Berriochoa, OP, a bishop from the Basque Country
•Vicente Liem de la Paz
•Vincent Duong
•Vincent Tuong, a local judge
•Vincent Yen Do
44. The first Vietnamese bishop,
Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng,
was consecrated in 1933 at
St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius
XI. The Catholic Bishops'
Conference of Vietnam
was founded in 1980
45.
46. Cardinal Francis
Xavier Nguyễn Văn
Thuận, who was
imprisoned by the
Communist regime from
1975–88 and spent nine
years in solitary
confinement, was
nominated Secretary
of the Pontifical Council
for Justice and Peace,
and made its
President in 1998
On 21 February 2001,
he was elevated
to the College of
Cardinals by
Pope John Paul II
47. There are about 7 million Catholics in Vietnam, representing 7.0% of the total
population. There are 27 dioceses (including three archdioceses) with 2,228 parishes and
2,668 priests. The main liturgical rites employed in Vietnam are those of the Latin Church
48.
49.
50.
51. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 24-11-2021
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Christ the King
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Martyrs of Vietnam
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Cecilia
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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52. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 24-11-2021
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Rey
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Martires de Vietnam
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
Santa Cecilia
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
Santa Isabel de Hungria
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
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