by Peter James | Dec 18, 2023 | Fursey, St
They wore long dark robes complete with hoods. Their tonsure haircuts–a ring of hair encircling their shaved heads–added to the mystique. These Irish monks were distinctive both in appearance and in their fervor to spread the gospel across western Europe...
by Peter James | Dec 17, 2023 | John Henry Neuman
He thought he was dying. John Henry Neuman (1801-1890) was a young Anglican priest struck down with a horrible fever far from home. He wrote, “I sat down on my bed and began to weep bitterly.” His assistant, acting as nurse, asked what was wrong. “I...
by Peter James | Dec 16, 2023 | Thomas Carter
Thomas Theullosson (T.T.) Carter (1808–1901) was twenty-four when he was called to his first pastorate at a small church in rural England. It was a long-standing custom in the church for the rector to give a mince pie, a loaf of bread, and quart of ale to every...
by Peter James | Dec 15, 2023 | Girolamo Savonarola
Active in Florence, Italy, Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) was a Dominican friar who called the medieval Roman Catholic Church to account for its moral corruption. There have been plenty of virtuous popes in church history, but Pope Alexander VI wasn’t one of...
by Peter James | Dec 14, 2023 | Leighton Ford
“There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who enter a room and say, ‘There you are’ and those who say, ‘Here I am.'” The quote isn’t original with me. It’s attributed to various people of history. I would put Leighton...
