Feast of St. Benedict
Today on the Roman calendar is the feast of St. Benedict. As some of you may know I spent several years in a Benedictine monastery as a professed member, hence ...
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Pope Benedict on St. Benedict
Recently Pope Benedict gave a talk on St. Benedict of Nursia the patron of his papacy. As a former Benedictine I have a special place in my heart for St. Benedi...
St. Valentine
Today is St. Valentine’s day. Note it is spelled Valentine and not Valentimes as so often pronounced. How I remember as a child writing out the little val...
11 December ~ St. Daniel the Stylite
This Saint was from the village of Marutha in the region of Samosata in Mesopotamia. He became a monk at the age of twelve. After visiting Saint Symeon the Styl...