On the Kalendar: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Witness for Civil Rights

August from Les Petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne

“August”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France).

Jonathan Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. He was one of a number of students and clergy . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Witness for Civil Rights

Saint Laurence, Deacon at Rome and Martyr

Martyrdom of St Lawrence

The Martyrdom of St Lawrence by Tintoretto (1518–1594). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

O God, who gavest grace to thy servant Laurence to be a wise guardian of the treasures of the Church, a faithful attendant upon his chief, and a bold witness in his martyrdom to the Christian . . . → Read More: Saint Laurence, Deacon at Rome and Martyr