ST.JOHN GABRIEL PERBOYRE, C.M

In the same year that St. Francis Regis Clet was martyred in China, 1821, a young countryman of his, John Gabriel Perboyre, entered the Novitiate of the Congregation of the Mission in Paris. He not only had St. Clet as his model and hoped to follow in his footsteps by going to spread the Gospel in China, but also hoped to imitate him by being a martyr for the name of Jesus. In fact, after 20 years this happened in a most extraordinary way. Here is the interesting true story.

6. MACAO 1835 - 1836

At that time, Macao was a Portugese colony and was con¬sidered the main gate to China. Here the Vincentians had 2 houses. One was the seminary for secular Chinese stu¬dents, run by 7 French Vincentians. The other was theVincentian Novitiate and Seminary with 15 Chinese novices and run by 2 French and 2 Chinese Vincentians. Fr. Perboyre stayed at this latter house, studying Chinese until Feb., 1836 - a little over 5 months. He was then appointed to the Honan mission in Hu-psi, which meant a long trip to the interior of China in disguise.

ST.JOHN GABRIEL PERBOYRE, C.M

6. MACAO 1835 - 1836

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