SAINTS
by Deb McCoy | Oct 4, 2020 | Saints
Flemish School; St Francis of Assisi; Fairfax House; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/st-francis-of-assisi-9869 Did you know that ST. Francis was not a priest? He was a deacon and a preacher. Yet, he organized religious orders, one for men, one for women and one for...
by Deb McCoy | Sep 29, 2020 | Saints
THE ARCHANGELS By tradition, there are seven archangels. Three are well- known by name, Gabriel, Raphael and Michael. The others have had various names assigned over time, with no finalized consensus. Gabriel (“God is Great”) is seen as a messenger in both the Old and...
by Deb McCoy | Sep 17, 2020 | Saints
SEPTEMBER 17 is the traditional memorial of ST. HILDEGARD (+1179). Hildegard was born around 1098 in the western part of Germany. Her father, Metchuld of Merrheim-Nahet, was in service to Count Meginhard of Sponheim. He and her mother, Hildebert of Bermers, were of...
by Deb McCoy | Sep 15, 2020 | Saints
SEPTEMBER 15 is the traditional memorial of THE SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. In 1233, seven young men in Tuscany founded the Servite Order, the “Order of the Servants of Mary”. Within five years, they had made as one of their primary dedications,...
by Deb McCoy | Sep 10, 2020 | Saints
SEPTEMBER 10 is the traditional memorial of ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO (+1305). Nicholas was named after St. Nicholas of Myra, to whom his parents prayed asking for a child. Not only did the gift-bearing saint arrange for them to have a child, he gave them an...
by Deb McCoy | Sep 1, 2020 | Saints
In the late 600s, there lived a man named Drithelm, whose home was in Cunninghame, Northumbria. Today, that would be quite near the border of Scotland and England, not to far from the North Sea. Drithelm was a wealthy man, married, with a devout Catholic family. In...
