Didacus Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 [quote]He was, of course, a man for all seasons... ...a classical scholar, a humanist, a statesman, a politician, a man of prayer, the author of the famed Utopia, a theologian, and a lawyer by profession. His contemporaries knew him to possess a keen wit, a merry sense of humor, and a great common sense. He was a warm and friendly man who always seemed more concerned about the needs of his friends than his own needs. His friendship extended to looking after the poor in his village and to singing in his church choir.[/quote] One of my favorites saints!
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 [quote name='Didacus' date='13 October 2009 - 10:27 AM' timestamp='1255444075' post='1984557'] One of my favorites saints! [/quote] Thomas More - also one of my favorites.
Didacus Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 Congrats Luigi - one point for you! Now your turn...
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 [quote name='Didacus' date='13 October 2009 - 12:41 PM' timestamp='1255452088' post='1984609'] Congrats Luigi - one point for you! Now your turn... [/quote] Pioneer missionary of the Sacred Heart, this saint came to the US from France in 1819 at the age of 49. She founded schools, was superior of her convent(s), and did a year of mission work among the Pottawatomie who named her Woman-Who-Prays-Always. She was an excellent teacher, nurse, farmer, formator, business manager/administrator, and seamstress, but was not very skilled at cooking. Her preferred form of prayer was adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and she had a strong devotion to St. John Francis Regis, to whom she entrusted the success of her mission in the New World. She died at age 88. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
Resurrexi Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 This saint was a general in a Portuguese civil war.
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) [quote name='pat22' date='13 October 2009 - 04:42 PM' timestamp='1255466531' post='1984734'] Rose Duchnee? or however you spell it [/quote] Correct person - the correct name & spelling: Philippine Duchesne. Her actual given name was Rose Philippine Duchesne, and the church does refer to her that way, but she was known all of her life as Philippine. In religion, she was addressed as Mother Duchesne. Edited October 13, 2009 by Luigi
picchick Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 Paddy: There is a St. Idus, St. Ine, Bl. Ida but I am not finding a St. Ides.
Paddington Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 [quote name='picchick' date='13 October 2009 - 07:22 PM' timestamp='1255472542' post='1984793'] Paddy: There is a St. Idus, St. Ine, Bl. Ida but I am not finding a St. Ides. [/quote] Thanks. Interesting.
picchick Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 I found that there is a malt liquor St. Ides...but that sounds gross to me
Luigi Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 St. Ives? http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08256b.htm
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