Feast Day: 28 August St Augustine, bishop of Hippo in north Africa (354 to 430 A.D.), was one of the great minds of the early Christian church, a theologian whose ideas forever influenced both Roman Catholics and Protestants. But Augustine did not come to Christianity by a straightforward path. At an early age he began
Feast Day: 30 August St Margaret Clitherow was born in York, the youngest of four children of Thomas Middleton (d.1567), wax chandler and freeman of York, and his wife, Jane (c.1515-85), daughter of Richard Turner, innkeeper. She was almost certainly baptised at the church of St Martin, Coney Street where her father was churchwarden between
Feast Day: 27 August If you’ve ever prayed really hard for a miracle and felt discouraged by the response (or lack of) that you received from your pleas, take your cue from St Monica. She is an inspirational woman who showed us that through love and prayers we can move mountains, or in her case,
