St. Hilda
Abbess, born 614; died 680. Practically speaking, all our knowledge of St. Hilda is derived from the pages of Bede. She was the daughter of Hereric, the nephew ...
Author: Fr. Peter
St. Margaret of Scotland
Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward “Outremere”, or “the Exile”, by Agatha, kinswoman of Gisela, the wife of S...
Site Meter
Yesterday I attached site meter to the blog to see where people where coming from and how many people pass by each day. Now I will admit that most people seem t...
Now Romanians Say ‘Borat’ Misled Them
I happened on to the Drudge Report tonight and saw this story. I had no desire to see this movie and now I have even less of a desire. This is what is wrong wit...
New Dean at Holy Cross
News has reached the village that one of my mentors at Holy Cross in Brookline Fr. Thomas FitzGerald has been appointed Dean of the Seminary. Here is a link to ...
Photo from the Monastery
Here is a photo from the monastery. It is from their website and shows the old oratory. Once can see how different the setting is. The new oratory is much large...
Weekend Recap
This was an unusually busy weekend here in the village. I have blogged before, I am the chaplain to the Dudley Fire Dept. Tow of the fire fighters lost their mo...
St. Devenick
According to The Book of Saint Devenick (1961), St Devenick was one of the last missionaries to be sent out from St Ninian’s monastery at Whithorn to mini...
St. Brice
There is hope for me yet. St. Brice was raised by St. Martin of Tours at Marmoutier and also known as Britius. He became a vain, overly ambitious cleric, holdin...