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Saints
Topic Started: Tuesday, 26. September 2006, 18:52 (823 Views)
Karin	Wednesday, 14. February 2007, 03:45 Post #31
Karin Posts: 825 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: September 26, 2006	Happy Love Day everyone. I saw a huge rose bouquet being delivered to someone this afternoon...at least two dozen roses...I sighed wistfully! No, they weren't Roses of York...but Lancastrian. I'll get the same thing I normally get for this special day....NADA. Oh well...guess that's what one gets when one marries a man from Oldham... Any special celebrations of Love Day on the forum?
	Karin Hvaljen Isus i Marija. Kraljica Mira, moli za nas. "Praised be Jesus and Mary. Queen of Peace, Pray for Us."


Patrick	Wednesday, 14. February 2007, 04:01 Post #32
Administrator Posts: 3,629 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: September 25, 2006	Well, Karin, 'Love Day' is a new one on me! Last I heard, it was still the Feast of St Valentine, although I believe that the Church dropped it in 1969 due to not having a clear historical record, or something silly. Still, Happy St Valentine's Day to all!



Karin	Wednesday, 14. February 2007, 23:44 Post #33
Karin Posts: 825 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: September 26, 2006	Valentine's Day is super huge here in the States. More roses are sold on this day than at any other time during the year. More engagements are made, more gifts given, etc. Mick did remember and got me a box of chocolates, which I will share with him. My boss gave us a rose candle, candy and a party at the shop. So, it's really big over here!
	Karin Hvaljen Isus i Marija. Kraljica Mira, moli za nas. "Praised be Jesus and Mary. Queen of Peace, Pray for Us."


Rose of York	Thursday, 15. February 2007, 00:47 Post #34
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Quote: Saint Valentine of Rome 14 February Profile Priest in Rome, possibly a bishop. Physician. Imprisoned for giving aid to martyrs in prison, and while there converted the jailer by restoring sight to the jailer's daughter. While Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome sometimes have separate entries in martyrologies and biographies, most scholars believe they are the same person. There are several theories about the origin of Valentine's Day celebrations. Some believe the Romans had a mid-February custom where boys drew girls' names in honor of the sex and fertility goddess, Februata Juno; pastors "baptised" this holiday, like some others, by substituting the names of saints such as Valentine to suppress the practice. Others maintain that the custom of sending Valentines on 14 February stems from the belief that birds begin to pair on that date. By 1477 the English associated lovers with the feast of Valentine because on that day "every bird chooses him a mate." The custom started of men and women writing love letters to their Valentine on this day. Other "romance" traditions have become attached to this feast, including pinning bay leaves to your pillow on Valentine's Eve so that you will see your future mate that night in your dreams. Died beaten and beheaded c.269 at Rome; buried on the Flaminian Way; relics later translated to the Church of Saint Praxedes Patronage affianced couples, against fainting, bee keepers, betrothed couples, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greeting card manufacturers, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers, young people Representation birds; roses; bishop with a crippled or epileptic child at his feet; bishop with a rooster nearby; bishop refusing to adore an idol; bishop being beheaded; priest bearing a sword; priest holding a sun; priest giving sight to a blind girl Link
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reflections	Saturday, 24. February 2007, 18:34 Post #35
Posts: 9 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: September 26, 2006	St. Bridget - my confirmation name. St. Francis - the name of my home parish.



Emee	Saturday, 24. February 2007, 22:20 Post #36
Posts: 1,278 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 26, 2006	St Philomena (well I suppose that one was kind of obvious!) St Therese, my Confirmation Saint and a Saint I feel particularly close to. St Cecilia as she is the Patron Saint of music. St Francis of Assisi, again because of his love of animals and the natural world, and his simple living. He is proving quite a popular one amongst the forum members! St Jude Thaddaeus, Patron Saint of hopeless causes!!



Alan	Sunday, 25. February 2007, 01:42 Post #37
Posts: 685 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 26, 2006	St Edward the Confessor. Obvious from my avatar. St Columba, The name of the Church in which I was Baptised. Also served Mass their. Mary the Mother of God. My Confirmation Name St Patrick my other Confirmation Name and Patron of my Homeland.
	God Bless all who visit this forum, Alan. Add Catholic CyberForum to your favourites


Rose of York	Sunday, 25. February 2007, 02:10 Post #38
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Saint Margaret Clitherow, Martyr, wife and mother, convert to Catholicism. She was crushed to death on York Bridge for harbouring priests. Here is a strange twist. Her husband concealed her activities. Theirs was a mixed marriage. That must have been unusual in those days. Wikepedia She walked barefooted to the tolbooth on Ousebridge, for she had sent her hose and shoes to her daughter Anne, in token that she should follow in her steps. She had been tormented by the ministers and even now was urged to confess her crimes. "No, no, Mr. Sheriff, I die for the love of my Lord Jesu", she answered. She was laid on the ground, a sharp stone beneath her back, her hands stretched out in the form of a cross and bound to two posts. Then a door was placed upon her, which was weighted down till she was crushed to death. Her last words during an agony of fifteen minutes, were "Jesu! Jesu! Jesu! have mercy on me!" Her right hand is preserved at St. Mary's Convent, York, but the resting-place of her sacred body is not known. Her sons Henry and William became priests, and her daughter Anne a nun at St. Ursula's, Louvain.
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Derekap	Saturday, 3. March 2007, 17:32 Post #39
Posts: 3,408 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	On 30 September 2006 Poesy mentioned St Gregory the Illuminator as her favourite Saint. He was imprisoned for several years in a very tiny underground cell with a tiny window. The cell is now incorporated in the monastery complex known as Khor Vorab on a hill from which you can see the in the distance the symbol of Armenia - Mount Ararat - on which it is traditionally believed Noah landed. In his very early days Stalin gave it to Turkey. This was typical of Stalin and disputes and friction still occur after the collapse of the Soviet Regime. Khor Vorab is like fortress with a courtyard and a building from which a very narrow staircase leads into the cell. On the two occasions I have visited Khor Vorab I declined to descend because of the zeal of many people to do so and I have a tendency to claustrophobia as well as a fear an accident could occur. There is also of course a chapel. One year a group of Russian men were visiting and they enthusiastically lit candles - along with other visitors. Armenia has very many monastery complexes - mostly a collection of chapels. Occasionally there would be a priest or monk but where they hide or live I couldn't see - unless they slept on the chapel floors. Neglected churches are being refurbished and re-opened. The capital, Yerevan, has a brand new Cathedral on a prominent hill which was built by rich Armenians living abroad. A church in an important location in the city centre was demolished under the Soviet Regime and replaced by the Cinema Moscow. The Armenian Apostolic Church (Orthodox) Patriarch lives near his Cathedral which is in a walled garden park in Etchmiadzin a few miles from Yerevan. Other buildings are a Seminary and Church Offices. It is a sort of Vatican. On Sundays the Liturgy is broadcast around the park. It is enthusiastically patronised but not overcrowded. Sitting in the garden in the warm sun listening to the chanting I felt this was a Garden of Eden.
	Derekap


pat	Saturday, 3. March 2007, 23:15 Post #40
Posts: 421 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 26, 2006	St Margaret Clitherow - my confirmation name St Therese of Lisieux St Pio of Pietrelcina St Anthony St Patrick (of course)



Rose of York	Sunday, 4. March 2007, 13:14 Post #41
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Does any member know why only forty of the English Martyrs were canonised? A lot still have not, notably the Chideock Martyrs of Dorset, and Father Nicholas Postgate, the "martyr of the moors". I would have thought an old man who had the courage to live outdoors on that wild moor, as a shepherd, ministering to Catholics at the age of 84 would have been canonised by now. Five Chideock priests were executed. Sadly there is now no Sunday Mass in Chideock. There were also laymen in Chideock who hid the priests. What a boost it would be for English Catholicism, if those men were canonised.
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Eve	Tuesday, 15. May 2007, 23:31 Post #42
Admin/Moderator Posts: 658 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: September 25, 2006	Sorry, this is a day late. St Isidore is Patron Saint of the Internet. Saint Isidore the Farmer Farm labourer, married man. Patron saint of farmers and rural communities and patron of Madrid. Born in 1070, Isidore entered the service of John de Vergas, a wealthy landowner from Madrid, when he was about ten years old. He worked faithfully on his estate outside the city for the rest of his life. He married a young woman who also became a saint-Maria de la Cabeza. They had one son. Isidore used to rise early in the morning to go to church. His fellow workers sometimes complaied about him when he arrived at work late after spending too long in church. During his holidays he used to visit the churches of Madrid and surrounding areas. He also prayed all day long, as he walked behind the plough. Isidore was known for his generosity to the poor. There are accounts of him miraculously finding supplies of food for them. He also had a great concern for the proper treatment of animals. He died on this day in 1130, and was declared a saint in 1622 with Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri. Together, the group is known in Spain as "the five saints."
	Senior Moderator/Administrator


pete	Wednesday, 16. May 2007, 08:03 Post #43
Posts: 690 Group: Members Member #76 Joined: April 2, 2007	St Isidore is Patron Saint of the Internet. In a hundred years or so, St Isidore will probably be made redundant, just as St Veronica, St Christopher and several other saints have been. So Rose, if you carry on as you are, you might be St Isidore�s replacement. I doubt very much that St Isidore is a touch typist, thereby making you more qualified for the position. (With the other moderator�s approval of course). God bless Pete :rolleyes:



Derekap	Saturday, 19. May 2007, 14:41 Post #44
Posts: 3,408 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	Rose. With your practical knowledge and experience you would perhaps make a better patron than St Isidore!
	Derekap


Lilo	Saturday, 12. January 2008, 16:40 Post #45
Posts: 743 Group: Members Member #109 Joined: December 3, 2007	Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), Feastday: January 12 The foundress of the Sisters of Notre-Dame was born in Troyes, Champagne (France), on Good Friday, April 17, 1620, and baptized that day in the church of Saint-Jean near her home. Marguerite was the sixth child in a family of twelve, and was privileged to grow up in a milieu that was middle class and thoroughly Catholic. Marguerite lost her mother at nineteen. The following year, inspired to withdraw from the world and consecrate herself to the service of God, she set out to discern her specific vocation. When she learned about the needs of Ville Marie (Montreal) in Canada, Marguerite left for New France in a spirit of complete detachment. Upon her arrival, she set to work without delay to promote the best interests of the colony. At first Marguerite engaged in whatever works of mercy were needed in the primitive settlement. She soon learned that few of Ville Marie's children survived to school age. Marguerite helped the remarkable Jeanne Mance, who ran the hospital, to change this tragedy. When she finally had children to teach in 1657, she had to set to up school in a stable. This was soon followed by a school for Indian girls and a mission for the Huron girls at the "Mission of the Mountain" built in Montreal by the Sulpician fathers. Not long afterwards, two of her Indian students were received as candidates for her new Congregation, and became the second and third North American Indian girls to take the veil. To encourage the faith of the colonists, she arranged for the restoration of the Cross on Mount Royal that had been destroyed by hostile Indians, and undertook the construction of a chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame de Bon Secours. On three occasions, Marguerite Bourgeoys undertook the hazardous ocean crossing to France to obtain additional help. Sister Bourgeoys died in Montreal on January 12, 1700, acknowledged for the holiness of her life. Along with Jeanne Mance and Monsieur de Maisonneuve, she is rightly considered a co-foundress of the city. The stone building which replaced her first chapel is today's Notre-Dame de Bon Secours Church, located right beside the Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum in Montreal's old harbour. Also called the Sailors' Church, it is known for the statue of "Our Lady of the Harbour" atop its dome as much as the ship�s models suspended from the ceiling that were donated by sailors as thank offerings for being saved from shipwrecks. On November 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII beatified Marguerite Bourgeoys, praising her as a "figure resplendent in her humility." Canonizing her on October 31, 1982, Pope John Paul II gave the Canadian Church its first woman saint.
	The root problem in a lot of bad catechesis is ultimately not ignorance, but pride. ~ Mark Shea


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