Blood of the martyrs : Trappist monks in communist China / Theresa Marie Moreau

"Originally published, in slightly different form, as two separate series of stories in The remnant"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159) and index.

Foreword -- Note -- Our Lady of Consolation -- Martyrology of Our Lady of Consolation -- Death march survivors -- Our Lady of Joy -- Martyrology of Our Lady of Joy  -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.

"The death squad, Chinese Communist soldiers at the ready, loaded their rifles with fresh rounds of ammo. Shots rang out. The Trappist monks collapsed upon the blood-splashed, frozen ground. Their lifeless bodies, dragged to a nearby sewage ditch and dumped into a heap, on on top of the other. Altered by the shots, wild dogs roaming the village's dirt roads scavenging for scraps, hurried over to the bodies to investigate. Sniffing, they lapped up the warm blood, steaming in the icy air. It was all over. Our Lady of Consolation  was no more. By that spring of 1948, 33 of the abbey's monks had been martyred during the Death March. Then the Chinese Communists went after Our Lady of Joy. By 1951, two more had died for the faith. This is the story of the Trappist monks of Communist China, as told from the grave."--From the dust jacket.

Blood of the martyrs : Trappist monks in communist China / Theresa Marie Moreau

2nd ed. also in AEC stacks.

Appendices (p. 176-199): 1. Zhongguo Xiduhui de yange 中國熙篤會的沿革 -- 2. Shenleyuan 神樂院 -- 3. Xianggang Dayu Shan Shenleyuan 香港大嶼山神樂院.

Translation of: Compendium of the history of the Cistercian order / by a Trappist father of the Abbey of O.L. of Gethsemani O.C.S.O. Kentucky.