All who would like to be blessed with a relic of the nineteen Dutch Martyrs of Gorkum are welcome to attend the 12:00 PM Mass on their feast day, Wednesday, July 9. The blessing will follow immediately after Mass. Before their hanging on July 9, 1572, it was demanded of each that he abandon his belief in the Transubstantiation, the doctrine of the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, as well as the belief in the Papal supremacy. All remained firm in their faith.