Through the year with the Saints
We thought it might be helpful to have some reflections on various characters who have informed the Community's journey, as we travel through the year. We'll post articles here on this page, according to whose 'day' is coming up, and you can use the table below to explore who else is in the list.
January
Telemachus: Jan 1st Juniper: Jan 4th Hilary of Poitiers: Jan 13th
Kentigern: Jan 13th Ita: Jan 15th Paul of Thebes: Jan 15th
Anthony of Egypt: Jan 17th Canaire: Jan 28th
February
Brigid: Feb 1st Elfleda: Feb 8th Teilo: Feb 9th Caedmon: Feb 11th
Finan: Feb 17th John Hyde: Feb 17th Colman: Feb 18th Polycarp: Feb 23rd
March
David: Mar 1st Chad: Mar 2nd Owini: Mar 4th Billifrith: Mar 6th
Baldred: Mar 6th Senan: Mar 8th Paul Aurelian: Mar 12th
Patrick: Mar 17th Joseph of Arimathea: Mar 17th Cuthbert: Mar 20th
Herebert: Mar 20th Ethelwald of Farne: Mar 23rd Felgild: Mar 23rd
Oscar Romero: Mar 24th
April
Mary of Egypt: Apr 1st Martin Luther King Jr: Apr 4th
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Apr 9th
May
Julian of Norwich: May 8th Comgall: May 11th Brendan: May 16th Bede: May 26th
June
Columba: June 9th Alban: June 22nd Etheldreda: 23rd Iraneus: June 28th
July
Benedict of Nursia: 11th:
August
Oswald: August 5th Clare of Assisi: August 11th Aidan: August 31st
September
Ninian: Sept 16th
October
Francis of Assisi: Oct 4th Paulinus: Oct 10th Ignatius: Oct 17th Cedd: Oct 26th
November
Willibrod: Nov 7th Martin of Tours: Nov 11th Hild: Nov 19th
December
Charles de Foucauld: Dec 1st
A pupil of Dyfrig and Paul Aurelian, and a cousin of St David, whom he succeeded as Bishop of St David's. During the plague he spent seven years away from Wales with Samson at Dol in Brittany. His main foundation was at Llandeilo Fawr. One of the sayings attributed to him is: ‘Do not do injury, if you can possibly avoid it’ – a challenging admonition.
Daughter of Eanfleda and Oswy. Consecrated to God from infancy in thanksgiving for Oswy’s victory in battle over Penda of Mercia in 654, she was given to the care of Hild at Hartlepool. She eventually became joint-abbess at Whitby with her mother Eanfleda. A friend of Cuthbert, she met with him on Coquet Island to ask his insights. She was also mediator and advocate on behalf of Wilfrid, and is described by Eddius Stephanus as ‘comforter, and best counsellor of the whole province.’
