24 November - St Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, Martyrs

Dung An Tran was introduced to the faith when he was 12 and after Baptism, took the name Andrew Dung. He became a parish priest after ordination and was tireless in his preaching. He fasted often and lived a simple and moral life. He was captured and taken to Hanoi where he suffered a dreadful torture and finally beheaded. He represents the countless Vietnamese Catholics who died for the faith over the past 300 years.