saints for millennials
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June 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint William of Vercelli, Hermit & Founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine (the Williamites)
He was a teenage nobleman who gave up everything, walked barefoot across Europe wearing iron bands as penance, got robbed and beaten on the road to Jerusalem, and somehow ended up taming a wild wolf with a single command. 🐺… Continue reading
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February 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Brigid of Ireland, Virgin & Abbess
🔥 Ireland’s “church of the oak” has a patroness, and she did not get famous by playing it safe. Meet Saint Brigid of Ireland ✨ the abbess who built a mercy machine at Kildare: feeding the poor, sheltering travelers, protecting… Continue reading

