GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 7 January 1909, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

January 10, Sunday..— Within the Octave. „ 11, Monday. — Within the Octave. / „ 12, Tuesday. — Within the Octave. „ 13, Wednesday. — Octave of the Epiphany. „ 14, Thursday. — St. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor. ; „ 15, Friday.— St. Ita,' Virgin. „ 16, Saturday. — St. Fursey, Abbot.

St. Ita, Virgin. St. Ita was born in the south of Ireland. She has always been held in great esteem, in the district in which she lived, but, unfortunately, few details of her life have come down to us. She died in 570, and is styled by Colgan the second St. Brigid of Ireland. St. Fursey, Abbot. St. Fursey was born in the west_of Ireland, and was of noble parentage. He spent a portion of his life in England, where he founded a monastery, in the county of Suffolk. Passing over to France, he continued to labor zealously for the advancement of religion until his death in 650. The remains of St. Fursey are still preserved at Peronne, in the neighborhood of Amiens.