Friends at Court GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 7 May 1908, Page 3

Friends at Court GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

May 10, Sunday.— Third Sunday after Easter. The Patronage of St. Joseph. „ 11, Monday.— St. Alexander 1., Pope and Martyr. „ 12, Tuesday.— SS. Nereus, Achilles, and Companions, Martyrs. „ 13, Wednesday. — St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr. • ( , 14 P Thursday.— St. Cafthage, Bijshop and Confessor. „ 15, Friday.— St. Dympna, Virgin and Martyr. „ 16, Saturday.— St. Brendan, Abbot. St. Alexander 1., Pope and Martyr. St. Alexander was a native of -Rome. After a ponjifieate of nearly ten years, 'he^re'eeived the' crown of martyrdom in. 119. St. Carthage, Bishop and Confessor. •St. Carthage was the first Bishop of Lismore, in the South of Ireland. He founded there a monastery ahd a school, which became so famous that scholars flocked to it from all parts of Ireland and Great Britain. St. Brendan, Abbot. St. Brendan was a native of Ireland, and a disciple of St. Mnian. Passing into England, he established there two monasteries. On Ms return to Ireland he continued the same good work,^ and founded, among others, the famous abbey of Clonfert. He died in 57I*V in the 94th year of his age. According to a legend, accepted by some historians, St. Brendan voyaged to An: erica, and landed in the neighborhood of the present State of Virginia.