Note: I’m currently featuring women saints who had notable relationships with male saints–their sons, husbands, fathers, or colleagues in faith. The Basics: Cunegund, born about 975 in Germany; died 1033 in Germany; canonized March 29, 1200, by Innocent 3; feast day, March 3. Empress, wife, woman religious. Henry, born May 6, 973 in Germany; died 1024… Continue reading Wednesday’s People: Saints Cunegund and Henry
Month: August 2017
Traveling Mercies
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Road trips. They always sound like so much fun—until they begin. Then you find out your companion likes the vehicle five degrees warmer or colder than you do.… Continue reading Traveling Mercies
On the Nightstand: Born to Soar
Don’t you just love it when God shows you the overlaps in your life? A few weeks ago, I was contemplating what I was going to use for study until my parish’s Walking with Purpose women’s Bible study program begins again in late September. Right about then, I got an email about Melissa Overmyer’s Born to… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Born to Soar
Friends in Faith: Rose Folsom
When I met Rose Folsom of the Virtue Connection last October, if I had had to use one word to describe her, it would have been perky. I mean that in the most positive sense possible. Whenever I saw her at the conference we were both attending, she was engaged with people, listening closely or… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Rose Folsom