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“September”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France). Lancelot Andrewes has a mixed reputation as a preacher. On the one hand, he preached sermons which have been described . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Lancelot Andrewes Hildegard, known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, but she is most widely known as a composer, philosopher, and mystic. She was born into a family of minor nobility, but she was sickly as a child, and quickly offered as an oblate to a Benedictine monastery. It’s not clear just . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Hildegard von Bingen Deiniol is traditionally considered the first Bishop of Bangor, in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. According to Deiniol’s Life, he was the son of Abbot Dunod Fawr, the son of Pabo Post Prydain. Other sources trace his ancestry to Coel Godhebog, a chieftain in Strathclyde, which, at the time, was a Brythonic speaking region. (The . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Deiniol, Abbot and Bishop “September”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France). Saint Evurtius is something of a cipher. Almost nothing is known about him. He was apparently highly revered as Bishop . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Evurtius, Bishop of Orleans 
Giles of Provence, by Hans Memling (c. 1430–1494). From Wikipedia. Giles was born in Athens, but he eventually made his way to Provence, France. He lived for a while in Arles, but eventually he retreated to a hermitage in the forest in Nîmes, across the border in the Occitanie region of France. . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Giles of Provence, Abbot 
Louis taken prisoner during the Seventh Crusade, by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). From Wikipedia. Louis IX of France is the only French king to have been canonized. Born in 1214, he was crowned king at the age of 12. As an adult, he successfully defeated Henry III of England at Taillebourg, halting Henry’s . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Louis IX, King of France, Confessor  
Because of the Synod (and the preparations in advance of the Synod), most parish activities will be cancelled the week of August 12th. There will be no Bridge Group on Monday, no Knitting Group on Thursday, and no Bible Study, either with Brock Johnson on Thursday afternoon or with Fr Hawtin on Friday morning. . . . → Read More: Cancellations because of Synod 
On the Kalendar is a series examining some of the lesser known feast days on the Kalendar. “August”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France). Saint Hippolytus, who . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Hippolytus
On the Kalendar is a series examining some of the lesser known feast days on the Kalendar. “August”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France). In the early . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Blane 
“On the Kalendar” is a series examining some of the lesser known feast days on the Kalendar. St. Peter Released from Prison, by Benjamin West (1738–1820). From Wikimedia. We start off On the Kalendar with a two-fer: There are two interesting feast days celebrated on August 1st. The first is Saint Peter . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Saint Peter in Chains and Lammas |
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