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Saints of the Americas

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:06 am By Mark Wilson

The Catholic Bard presents to you… SAINTS OF THE AMERICAS St. Louis Bertrand (1526–1581), Dominican priest (Colombia) Declared Venerable: N/A Beatified: 19 July 1608 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X Saint Louis Bertrand, a Spanish Dominican friar, lived out his saintly life in Spain. He is a man of contradicting and conflicting personality traits. His demeanor was grave and he lacked a sense of humor but despite that he had a gentle sweet disposition that made him likable to... Read more

Jesus King of Families

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:06 am By Mark Wilson

I was planning on cleaning up the house today, but instead I spent the time transcribing my priest’s homily into this blog post. I record his sermon with my phone and then try to find an effective way of putting it into word which is not easy as the recording is echoey and hard to hear in places. I mention this so I can share my effort in the work of translating the preaching of the Gospel. Also, I want... Read more

The Sparrow: Book Reflections

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:06 am By Mark Wilson

Matthew ten, verse twenty-nine: Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.” But the sparrow still falls.” ― Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow (1996) Sometimes reading is tough for me because of my ADHD. This is problematic when I read books for my Sci-Fi book discussion club. This group used to meet in the Framingham public library but has moved to Zoom because of the whole Covid pandemic. Last week I had only read about... Read more

12 More Great American Saints

Last updated on: January 18, 2023 at 1:03 am By Mark Wilson

In a previous post I wrote about 12 + American Saints and now The Catholic Bard presents to you… 12 More Great American Saints Margaret Haughery (1813–1882) Margaret Haughery was a philanthropist known as “the mother of the orphans”. Margaret Gaffney Haughery (pronounced as HAW -a- ree) was a beloved historical figure in New Orleans, Louisiana the 1880s. Widely known as “Our Margaret,” “The Bread Woman of New Orleans” and “Mother of Orphans,” Margaret devoted her life’s work to the care... Read more

Understanding God the Father

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

I have never understood God the Father as much as I do now, after having been a father myself. And now I’m a Grandfather at 49. For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for... Read more

A Non-Political Post about Encouraging Positive Catholics

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

This post may not be successful as it is being posted on Friday the 13th. But of course it is countered by the holiness of the feast day of the first the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a Saint. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. The Italian American Mother Teresa. I had been thinking over the past week that I had spent all my creative energy and I didn’t have any more juice left to squeeze out of my brain.... Read more

Believing Lies

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

When I posted this particular article I didn’t realize it was Veterans Day. I might have written something more focussed on the day if I had remembered. If I had remembered the fact of the day I would have honored it. So now I want to acknowledge and say Happy Veterans Day to all Veterans who have served our country. It is also the feast day of Martin of Tours. An appropriate saint for this day as Martin had been... Read more

6 Months of Non-Spam Comments

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

1/2 a year ago the Catholic Bard posted its first article on Catholic Patheos. Yeah, oh Feels like it’s been six months and seven days When I’m without you, there ain’t no way I don’t think about you, yeah All I do is think about you, yeah John K – 6 months 125 posts later we are still posting and have not’ slowed down. In that time we have lived and worked during a pandemic. We had a vicious and brutal... Read more

Papal Thought and the World Around It: Part 2

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

In the last article I talked about Papal Thought and the World around it. We continue in 1959 during the papal reign of … St. Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) convened Vatican Council II Motto: Obedientia et Pax (“Obedience and peace”) November 25, 1881 – 3 June 3, 1963 Pope from October 28, 1958 –June 3, 1963 (4 years, 218 days) Feast Day October 11th January 1- Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not... Read more

Papal Thought and the World Around It: Part 1

Last updated on: November 30, 2022 at 1:05 am By Mark Wilson

1847 The Mexican–American War was being waged. Yerba Buena, California was renamed San Francisco. The state of Michigan formally abolished the death penalty. Children’s Author Hans Christian Andersen began his first visit to Britain, during which he meets Popular Author Charles Dickens. Births March 3 – Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the Telephone is born (d. 1922) November 8-Dracula Author Bram Stoker is born (d. 1912) In Literature Anne Brontë (as Acton Bell) – Agnes Grey Charlotte Brontë (as Currer... Read more

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