SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of December WELCOME! SAINT GAUSBERT, BISHOP OF CAHORS Saint Gausbert ( Gausbertus ), Bishop of Cahors ( Cadurcum ), is commemorated on December 10. A great teacher of his time, he died in the early 10th century.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 360) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Gausbert may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 31st of August WELCOME! GOSWIN NICKEL, SUPERIOR-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS Goswin Nickel Goswin Nickel, the 10th Superior General of the  Society of Jesus - a German - was highly renowned for his virtuous conduct and his outstanding gifts as the leader of this Order, which was then flourishing magnificently. For nearly twelve years, he served as Provincial of the Lower Rhine Province and twice as Assistant to the Superior General for Germany. Subsequently, he became Vicar General and, finally, Superior General. Despite his many administrative duties, he was deeply devoted to prayer. For five years, he was unable to walk - an affliction he bore with heroic patience, finding solace in the daily reception of the Holy Eucharist. He died in the year 1664. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 472) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbrevi...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 11th of April WELCOME! SAINT GUTHLAC, PRIEST AND HERMIT Saint Guthlac According to a source cited by the  Bollandists *,  the name Guthlac signifies " gift of war " - derived from gut or gund (war) and lac (gift).  This holy hermit Guthlac [ Guthlake ] sprang from a very noble - and according to some sources, royal - English lineage. He was born in the year 673 (or 667). Initially, he served as a warrior under King Ethelred of Mercia. However, witnessing how deeply God was offended in that environment, he withdrew at the age of twenty-four and entered the monastery of Repton ( Reponium, Ripandum) , where he lived for two years. In 699, with his superior's permission, he retired to the island of Croyland, accompanied by four companions (or two, according to Migne *). There, having been ordained a priest by  Saint Hedda , Bishop of Dorchester, he led an edifying life for fifteen years, devoting himself...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 31st of October WELCOME! SAINT CISSA, HERMIT AND CONFESSOR Saint Cissa is commemorated on October 31. According to Migne * and an old  Benedictine martyrology, he was a hermit and confessor on the island of Croyland, and a disciple and heir to the cell and sanctity of Saint Guthlake .  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 620) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Cissa may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of November   WELCOME! ALL SAINTS OF THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT Saint Benedict of Nursia The collective feast day for all members of the order is celebrated annually on November 13 as the Feast of All Saints of the Order of  Saint Benedict , who composed the Benedictine Rule, a book of strict yet balanced guidelines for monks living in community. Its core principles focus on prayer, manual labour, and obedience. Illuminated manuscript, c. 1260: Saint Benedict blessing a group of monks ORIGINS OF THE BENEDICTINES The origins of the Benedictines are not the same as most religious orders.  Saint Benedict  did not set out to found a religious order. Instead he wrote the Rule for his monastery at Monte Cassino and for the other monasteries he founded. He made the Rule freely available to any other community who wanted it, and over the centuries it was taken up by thousands of individual communities, of m...

   WELCOME! ABINGDON ABBEY  Trendell's Folly, Abbey Gardens  These ruins, which have been salvaged from elsewhere in the town and rebuilt here, are fragments from Abingdon Abbey, Abingdon-on-Thames, England (oxfordshire, historically Berkshire). Abingdon-on-Thames is believed to be Britain's oldest continuously inhabited town, with archaeological evidence showing human settlement for over 6,000 years. The earliest monastery was founded there circa 675 either by Cissa, viceroy of Centwine, king of the West Saxons, or by his nephew Hean, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for twelve  Benedictine  monks. Cissa was buried at the abbey. Endowed by successive West Saxon kings, it grew in importance and wealth until its destruction by the Danes in the reign of King Alfred . Diploma of King Æthelred for Abingdon Abbey AD 993 (detail) The abbey was rebuilt during King Eadred's rule. In 954, the monarch appointed Æthelwold , later Bishop of Winchester, abbot. He was one o...