Saturday Highlights and Spiritual Insights
Saturday Christmas Weekday Saint of the Day: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada's First woman saint, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal Have your children visit this interactive webpage about the life of St. Marguerite which also teaches the history of Canada. See my special post dedicated to St. Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Sisters of the Congregation on Notre Dame who taught me in elementary school and high school. Saint Quote of the Day: Our Lady's love is like a stream that has its source in the Eternal Fountains, quenches the thirst of all, can never be drained, and ever flows back to its Source. ~ St. Marguerite Burgeoys Today's Mass Readings On This Day in Catholic History 690 - Saint Benedict Biscop , the Benedictine abbot and monastery builder who introduced the stone-built church and the art of glassmaking to England, died (b. ca. 628). 1167 - Aelred (a.k.a. Ailred, Ethelred), abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx in Yorkshire, England, di...