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11th AUGUST: BLESSED MAURICE TORNAY, PRIEST AND MARTYR

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1. A member of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, Hospitallers of Saint Nicholas and Grand-St-Bernard of Mont Joux, Bl. Maurice, a Swiss citizen,
made his solemn vows #Maurice #MauriceTournay #Christian #Jesus Image
2. in 1935 and in 1936 was sent to the mission in Yunnan in China on the border of Tibet.

After his studies, which he continued there, he was ordained a priest in Hanoi in 1938.
He began teaching at the local seminary and in 1945 he was sent to the Yerkalo mission in Tibet.
3. The ruling Dalai Lama Gun-Akhio hated Christians and actively fueled anti-Christian persecutions.

Bl. Maurice had to escape to China, and for the time being he saw to the faithful there. In July 1949 he set off to Lhasa to plead with the Dalai Lama for
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