TABLE OF CONTENTS (48 pages)

Brother Marcel Van, the Hidden Apostle of Love (1928-1959) .....Page 75

— After a childhood replete with suffering, Van discovered the light through Saint Thérèse of Lisieux who manifested herself to him. She familiarly called him “Van, my dear little brother.” Joining the Redemptorist Fathers, he allowed himself to be directed toward sanctity. Taken prisoner by the Communists in Vietnam, he died there truly like a martyr.

— Blessed child — Irresistible attraction — First separation — “The bread of Love” — The period after the great day — On his way to the “House of God” — A sad shock — The pitiless Vinh — Child of Mary — Frustrated ideal — Rejection and abandonment — The harsh experience of the street — Christmas 1940: the gift of love — A time of joy — Vow of virginity — The troop of Angels — Minor Seminary at Lang Son — Haunted by his ideal: sanctity — The Story of a Soul — Van, the heart of a trio — “Thérèse will be my sister” — The ultimate sacrifice — To accept and love scorn — Waiting period — With the Redemptorists — The hidden Apostle of Love — Humble daily life — The Novitiate, a time of grace — Fruitful friendships, priestly love — Brief summary — The apostolate of the humble apostle — Voluntary holocaust — “Love cannot die...”