Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 47, 23 November 1905, Page 31

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

November 26, Sunday.— Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. . St. Sylvester, Abbot. „ 27, Monday.— St. Virgil, Bishop and Confessor. „ 28, Tuesday.— St Gregory 111., Pope and Confessor. „ 29, Wednesday.— St. Gelasius, Pope and Confessor. „ 30, Thursday.— St. Andrew, Apostle. December 1, Friday. — St Didacus, Confessor. „ 2, Saturday.— St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr.

St. Sylvester, Abbot

St. Sylvester was born near Loreto, in Italy, in 117 7. At the age of 40 he retired into a desert in order that, free from worldly cares he might be able to devote more time to prayer and contemplation. Having been followed by a number of disciples he founded several monasteries to which he gave the strict rule of St. Benedict. St. Sylvester died in 1267.

St. Virgil, Bishop and Confessor.

St. Virgil (or Fearghil), a native of Ireland, was consecrated Bishop of Salzburg, in Germany, in 766. During the period of 18 years which he ruled this See he not only advanced the interests of religion in his own diocese, but also labored most successfully for the propagation of the faith in the neighboring provinces of Austria. St. Virgil died in 784.

St. Gregory 111., Pope and Confessor.

St. Gregory 111. was Pope from 731 to 741. During his reign he, like his predecessor, Gregory 11., defended the faith and boldly resisted the efforts of the Emperor Leo the Isaurian to propagate the heresy of the Iconoclasts, or Image-breakers. He eloquently explained and defended the Catholic teaching regarding the respect to be shown to images of Christ and the saints, and con-i demned the Iconoclasts in a Roman Council held in the year 732. Under his pontificate, and in the same year, occurred the great victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens near Poitiers in France.

St. Gelasius, Pope and Confessor

Of this holy Pontiff a contemporary states : 'He was famous through the whole world for his learning and the sanctityi of his life.' In 494 he published for the information of the faithful an authentic list of the divinely inspired books of the Old and New Testament. He died in 496.

St. Andrew, Apostle.

St. Andrew was brother to St. Peter, and, like him, a fisherman. lie was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ. His career after the death of Christ is unknown, but it is said that after the Ascension he preached the Gospel in Scythia, and afterwards in Greece, where he was crucified for the faith. He is honored as the patron saint of Scotland. He is also held in great veneration in Russia.

Mr. Norbert Keenan, who has been elected Parliamentary representative for Kalgoorlie, is the eldest son of Sir Patrick Keenan, K.C.M.G., and was educated at Downside and Trinity College, Dublin. He read law and was duly called to the Bar, and is a member of King's Inn, Ireland, and the Middle Temple. He arrived in Western Australia in April, 1895, and was admitted to the local Bar in the same year. He subsequently established himself in his profession at Kalgoorlie. In June, 1901, Mr Keenan was elected Mayor of Kalgoorlie.

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