ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 21st March WELCOME! SAINT NICHOLAS OF FLUE, HERMIT (In Switzerland his feast day is celebrated on 25th September.) Saint Nicholas of Flue [Flüe] [is] known also as Brother Klaus. He was born in 1417 in the Swiss canton of Unterwalden. At the age of 21 St Nicholas entered the army and took part in the Battle of Ragaz, distinguishing himself as a soldier. He became a member of the lay organisation called the Friends of God. Members sought closeness to Jesus through a disciplined life, especially meditation on His Passion. CLOSENESS TO JESUS At the age of 30 St Nicholas married Dorothy Wissling, and during twenty years of happy marriage they had ten children. St Nicholas left the army at the age of 37, having always carried his rosary beads with him wherever he travelled. After leaving the army he became a councillor and a judge for his canton. HIS DIVINE CALLING At the age of 50 St Nicholas sensed the call of God to lead a more...