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Augstine Baker · « **on:** January 02, 2012, 11:47:19 PM »

Accident or Assasination? Priest and Six Seminarians of Underground Church Killed
Edit: this occurred earlier this month. More recently, Beijing has confirmed the arrest of Christian dissident Gao Zhinsheng. China's

President Hu Jintao, has also been railing against the threats of Westernization in the country.

(Peking) In the Chinese province of Hebei six seminarians and a Catholic priest lost their lives in a traffic accident. On the 11th of December the vehicle with the seven was rammed head on by a truck, as was first reported.

Father Joseph Shi Liming 39 years old, Prefect of the Seminary of the the Underground Church of Baoding, drove the car, and six seminarians, who were found with him in the small bus, were all killed in the collision. They were Joseph Yang, Joseph Bai, John Gong, Paul Li, John Wang. One seminarian, Gabriel Gao is the only one surviving, as he was hurled from the vehicle. He is still wavering close to death, but should, according to reports on local blogs, awake from his coma where he is still in the hospital of Shijiazhuang.

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2012/01/accident-or-assasination-priest-and-six.html

Vladimir · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:32:14 AM »

http://www.chinacath.org/news/china/2011-12-16/14389.html

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天主教在线倡议于2011年12月31日为中国教会车祸遇难者举行追悼礼，以纪念2011年岁末遭遇车祸而去世的神父和几位修士们。我们的建议如下：

1、邀请海内外神职弟兄在本日为遇难者举行一台追思弥撒，并尽量邀请教友们参加（弥撒中，请神父诵念：史若瑟及其修士弟兄们。）；

2、请众教友为车难中死去的弟兄念一份慈悲串经或玫瑰经；

3、为他们奉献弥撒或去参与弥撒；

4、祈求天主安慰他们的亲人、家属；

5、为他们施舍、守斋，行善，或者做一些力所能及的刻苦。

6、请在12月31日上午10点整，为他们默哀一分钟，然后诵念为亡者祈祷词。

为亡者祈祷词：
天主，求袮俯听我们的祈祷，大发慈悲，使去世的史若瑟及其修士弟兄们的灵魂，进入安息和光明的居所，加入袮圣者的行列……慈悲的天父，施予一切安慰的天主，袮以永恒的爱，爱护我们；袮使死亡的阴影转变为生命的曙光；求袮垂视这些在苦难中悲伤的人们，赐给他们力量，克服一切现世的痛苦和悲伤。同时，由于袮的圣子以祂的死亡摧毁了死亡，并以复活恢复了生命，求袮使我们跟随祂走尽人生的旅程，将来与我们的兄弟在天乡欢聚，共享永福。以上所求是靠我们的主基督，阿们。

遇难者名单：
史若瑟神父
杨若瑟修士
韩若瑟修士
柏若瑟修士
龚若望修士
李保禄修士
王若望修士

The following translation was done with the aid of Google Translate. The final prayer is especially paraphrased.

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Catholic News 31 December 2011
On the way to a mass to commemorate the Chinese church [the real one] and to mark the end of 2011, a priest and a religious were killed in a car accident.

We suggest the following:

1. We invite all priests and religious inside and outside of China to have a memorial service for the victims. Please invite the faithful to come to Holy Mass. (At Holy Mass, the priest can mention the stories of the religious and Fr. Joseph)

2. At the parishes of the deceased religious, please pray the Divine Mercy chaplet, and the Holy Rosary.

3. Attend Holy Mass in honor of their sacrifice.

4. Pray to God that He will comfort all their loved ones and families.

5. Do works of mercy, fast, charitable works, or any other mortification.

6. At 10:00 on the 31 of December, a minute of silence for them, and afterwards, prayers for the deceased.

Prayers for the departed

Lord God, we pray that out of your great compassion, have mercy on the souls of Joseph and all the religious that have passed in peace and light into your house to enter into the ranks of host. Lord you have eternal love for us; you have allowed the shadow of death to blot out the spring of their lives. We pray to you amidst these bitter sufferings, that you will give them the strength to endure the sorrows of this life. At the same time, we pray that through the death of Jesus Christ who died and rose again, that we will ever follow him through this earthly pilgrimage that in the future we may be reunited with our brothers in heaven to partake in eternal felicity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The names of the victims:

Joseph Shi, priest
Joseph Yang, religious
Joseph Han, religious
Joseph Bai, religious
John Gong, religious
Paul Li, religious
John Wang, religious

Elizabeth · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:47:08 AM »

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