SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 7th of July WELCOME! SAINT HEDDA, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR Winchester Cathedral Saint Hedda was an English Saxon, a monk of the monastery of Saint Hilda , and was made bishop of the West-Saxons in 676.  He resided first at Dorchester, near Oxford, but afterwards removed his see to Winchester. King Ceadwal going to Rome to be baptised died there, and was buried in the church of  Saint Peter in 688.  KING CEADWAL'S DEATH His kinsman Ina succeeded him in the throne. In his wise and wholesome laws, the most ancient extant among those of our English Saxon kings, enacted by him in a great council of bishops and aldermen in 693, he declares that in drawing them up he had been assisted by the counsels of St Hedda and St Erconwald.  THE LAWS In these laws theft is ordained to be punished with cutting off a hand or a foot; robbery on the highway, committed by a band not under seven in number, with death, unless the cri...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 9th of April Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so t...