19th July - Saint Arsenius and St Mary MacKillop - Independent Catholic News

19th July - Saint Arsenius and St Mary MacKillop - Independent Catholic News: Monk. Born in Rome, in 354, Arsenius is said to have been a deacon, and later a tutor to the Emperor Theodosius' children in Constantinople. He was rewarded with money, servants and possessions and lived a luxurious life. But after ten years he felt God calling him, gave everything away to join a group of desert monks near Wadi Narun in Egypt. According to ancient accounts, when he arrived in the community, Saint John the Dwarf, to whose cell he was led, took no notice of him