ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 6th of July WELCOME! SAINT GODOLIVA An uncommon example of Christian patience is presented to us by the Church today in Saint Godoliva [Godelieve], whose life ought to be particularly considered by all women who fall to the lot of wicked men. She was a native of France, and the daughter of rich and noble parents who neglected nothing to give her an education in accordance with her station in life. She united with most exquisite beauty, great virtue and piety, and hence was early sought in marriage by many young men of the nobility. Among these, a certain Bertulph of the Netherlands, who seemed her equal in rank, gained her parents' consent, and Godoliva submitted to their will. Having received a dower according to her station in life, she went, accompanied by some of her relatives, to the Netherlands, where her marriage was to take place. But how surprising an evidence of the inconstancy of human love...