Parton Saints of 2009
Well it is that time of year when The Pious Sodality of Church Ladies chooses your patron saint for the year 2009. Mine is listed below. If you wish to have you...
Tag: Saints
All Saints of Scotland
I am so happy that I found this information. This is a very important work and I am glad it is now available. Christ is shown at the top center of this icon str...
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 ...
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...