ST. PAULO MIKI, PRIEST, AND COMPANIONS, JAPANESE MARTYRS , ST. DOROTHEA, VIRGIN AND MOTHER Jan. 6

ST. PAULO MIKI, PRIEST, AND COMPANIONS, JAPANESE MARTYRS Jan. 6
A Jesuit and the first Japanese Catholic religious, he announced the Gospel, for which he was arrested and crucified at Nagasaki along with 25 companions. Before dying, he reiterated that salvation can be found in Jesus alone and invited everyone to joyfully follow Christ and forgive their enemies.  Feb. 6

ST. DOROTHEA, VIRGIN AND MOTHER

Virgin and martyr, suffered during the persecution of Diocletian, 6 February, 311, at Caesarea in Cappadocia. She was brought before the prefect Sapricius, tried, tortured, and sentenced to death.. Feb. 6