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St. Sylvester, Roman Catholic Priest and was Pope for twenty-four years and eleven months.The Council of Nice was assembled during his reign, in the year 325, Feastday Dec 31
St. Sylvester, Roman Catholic Priest and was Pope for twenty-four years and eleven months.The Council of Nice was assembled during his reign, in the year 325, Feastday Dec 31
St. Melania, dec 31
St. Melania, The life of St. Melania reminds us of the fleeting character of earthly wealth. We should strive to emulate her use of wealth as well as talents to further the cause of Christ. Feastday Dec 31 http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=426
St. Julia of Merida, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr. She professed herself a Christian, insulted the pagan gods and emperor Maximian, and challenged the authorities to martyr her. Feastday Dec 10
St. Julia of Merida, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr. She professed herself a Christian, insulted the pagan gods and emperor Maximian, and challenged the authorities to martyr her. Feastday Dec 10
Designs by Birgit: The Salvation Army: Acceptable Reasons for Abortio...
Designs by Birgit: The Salvation Army: Acceptable Reasons for Abortio... : It's Advent and we are anticipating the greatest Birth in history. As were the Wise Men, we are caught up in seeking, giving, and loving...
"The Twelve Days of Christmas"
You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music. But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written. It is a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts. Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829, when Parliament finally emancipated Catholics in England, were prohibited from ANY practice of their faith by law - private OR public. It was a crime to BE a Catholic. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith - a memory aid, when to be caught with anything in *writing* indicating adherence to the Catholic faith could not only get you imprisoned, it could get you hanged, or shortened by a head - or hanged, drawn and quartered, a rather peculiar and ghastly punishment I'm not aware was ever pract...
