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.

The Catholic Church in modern China : perspectives / Edmond Tang and Jean-Paul Wiest, editors.
Two copies held.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258).
On cover: Tianzhujiao 天主教.

Contents: The Church from 1949-1990 / John Tong -- The Church into the 1990s / Edmond Tang -- Is there religious freedom in China? / Julia Ching - The "underground" church / Jean Charbonnier -- The formation of new church leaders / Maria Goretti Lau -- A schismatic church? - a canonical evaluation / Geoffrey King -- In China, appearances can be different / Thomas Gahan -- The role of the patriotic association / Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian -- My statement / Bishop Ma Ji -- My vision of the patriotic association / An Underground Bishop -- Who is not loyal to the church? / Father Joseph Yao Tianmin -- Thirteen points / Attributed to Bishop Fan Xueyan -- The present Chinese church / A priest from northern China -- A church in transition / Edward J. Malatesta -- The local church / Hans Waldenfels -- The Catholicity of the Chinese church / Maria Goretti Lau -- Learning from the missionary past / Jean-Paul Wiest -- The need for reconciliation / Jeroom Heyndrickx -- The language of reconciliation / Anonymous -- Fundamental attitude of the bridge church / Aloysius B. Chang -- China and the future of Hong Kong / Luke Tsui -- Contextualization of the Chinese church / Edmond Tang.