SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 6th of April SAINT BERTICHAM, BISHOP OF ORKNEY Saint Berticham (Bertichamus), Bercam in French, was Bishop of the Orcades, an archipelago on the north side of Scotland (Orkney Islands). He flourished in the first half of the 9th century and died in 840. He is venerated at Quircouaille in Scotland. (Mg.) (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 473) *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 Berticham 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 14th of February WELCOME! SAINT CONRAN, BISHOP OF ORKNEY (Saint Conran, Bishop of Orkney, Confessor.) The isles of Orkney are twenty-six in number, besides the lesser, called Holmes, which are uninhabited, and serve only for pasture.  ST PALLADIUS' AND ST SYLVESTER'S WORK The faith was planted here by St Palladius, and St Sylvester, one of his fellow-labourers, who was appointed by him the first pastor of this church, and was honoured in it on the 5th of February.  HOME TO A GREAT NUMBER OF MONASTERIES In these islands formerly stood a great number of holy monasteries, the chief of which was Kirkwall. This place was the bishop’s residence, and is at this day the only remarkable town in these islands. It is situated in the largest of them, which is thirty miles long, called anciently Pomonia, now Mainland.  HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ASCETICISM, ZEAL, AND EMINENT ZEAL This church is much indebted to St Conr...