Continuing the series on monastic saints, compiled by Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B. From Wikipedia: Blessed Irmgard of Chiemsee (German: Selige Irmgard, also Irmengard; c. 831/833 – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first Abbess of Frauenchiemsee from…
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St. David av Munktorp
Continuing the series on monastic saints, compiled by Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B. Saint David av Munktorp From Wikipedia: Saint David of Munktorp (David av Munktorp) was an Anglo-Saxon Cluniac monk of the 11th century. David was sent as a missionary to Sweden by Saint Sigfrid of Växjö along with Saint Botvid and Saint Eskil. The…
St. Swithin
Continuing the series on monastic saints, compiled by Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B. From the Catholic Encyclopedia: Bishop of Winchester; died 2 July, 862. Very little is known of this saint’s life, for his biographers constructed their “Lives” long after his death, and there is hardly any mention of him in contemporary documents. Swithin was one…
King Saint Henry II – 972-1024 Co-Patron (with St. France of Rome) of Benedictine Oblates
[According to one account, Henry actually took vows as a Benedictine. But the abbot told him that under holy obedience, he must resume his responsibilities as king. Hence, no doubt, the reason he is a co-patron of Benedictine oblates.] The following is take from Belmont Abbey’s oblates page. St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of…
St. Mildred
Continuing Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B.’s, series on monastic saints. From Regina Magazine: Saint Mildred or Mildthryth (694–716 or 733), also Mildrith, Mildryth was an Anglo-Saxon abbess. She was the daughter of King Merewalh of Magonsaete, a sub-kingdom of Mercia, and Eormenburh (Saint Eormenburga), herself the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent, and as such appearing…
Mention from Mount Calvary
[Fr. Albert Scharbach, the pastor of Mount Calvary, Baltimore, has the following in this week’s parish newsletter. At the end, he provides a link to my revised article on monasticism and the Anglican patrimony. –Br. John-Bede Pauley, O.S.B.] SAINT BENEDICT AND THE ORDINARIATE We celebrated the feast of St. Benedict yesterday, the father of important…
St. Benedict of Nursia
St. Benedict of Nursia Continuing Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B.’s, series on monastic saints. From Catholic Encyclopedia: Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543. The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second book of St. Gregory’s “Dialogues”. It is rather a character sketch…
Revised Essay on Understanding the Anglican Patrimony. Part IV: Patristic/Monastic Spirituality and the Caroline Era
[The photo is of Bishop John Cosin’s Almshouse on Palace Green, Durham. (The photo is from the Durham World Heritage Site, which provides a history of the Almshouse.) Cosin’s Almshouse is a reminder that the Caroline Divines were not only theologians and poets but also pastors.] Links to parts of this essay: Part I (The…
Blessed Eugene III
Continuing the series on monastic saints, compiled by Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B. From Catholic Encyclopedia: Bernardo Pignatelli, born in the neighbourhood of Pisa, elected 15 Feb., 1145; d. at Tivoli, 8 July, 1153. On the very day that Pope Lucius II succumbed, either to illness or wounds, the Sacred College, foreseeing that the Roman populace…
Let Us Never Widen the Church’s Breaches
Here’s a prayer I just discovered by Bishop Thomas Ken, who was one of the Nonjurors. It is somehow apt in our own time: “Our God, amidst the deplorable division of your church, let us never widen its breaches, but give us universal charity to all who are called by your name. Deliver us from…
Blessed Suzanne-Agathe Deloye and the Martyrs of Orange
Continuing the series on monastic saints, compiled by Jason John Edwards, Obl.S.B. From CatholicReadings.org and CatholicSaints.info: Born on February 4, 1741, in Sérignan, Vaucluse, France, as Suzanne-Agathe Deloye. Taking the veil as a Benedictine nun at Caderousse in 1762, she took the name Marie-Rose. She was removed from the community, detained, and afterward executed during…
Bd. John Henry Newman’s Canonization as an Ecumenical Opportunity
[The official website of the Church of England has published an announcement about the upcoming canonization of Newman, which is attached below. One passage that stood out is the following: “Along with his colleagues in Oxford in the 1830s and 1840s, Newman contributed to a renewal in the understanding of Anglicanism as standing in continuity…
