Colin Kaepernick had a long week. The professional football player refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem, last week. Thursday night he compromised, and “took a knee.” Responses have varied. Kaepernick explained his reason after the game: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to... Read more
St. Fiacre “Gardeners and taxi cab drivers have a patron saint in St. Fiacre. Said to be the illegitimate son of a Scottish king, he was raised in County Kilkenny at a Kilferagh monastery. He developed a local reputation for healing and herbal remedies. Finding notoriety unsettling, Fiacre went on a quest for solitude to France eventually ending up in a deep woods cell. St. Faro, bishop of Meaux, offered him land for a farm. Instead, St. Fiacre built a... Read more
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