#stgobnata

Saint of the Day – 11 February – Saint Gobnata (6th Century)

Saint of the Day – 11 February – Saint Gobnata (6th Century) Abbess, Founder of a Convent and ‘Order’ of Sisters, miracle-worker, Apostle of the sick. Patronage – of bees, beekeepers. Also known as – Abigail, Albina, Deborah, Gobnat, Gobnet, Gobnait. Gobnait was born in County Clare in the 5th or 6th Century and is said to have been the sister of Saint Abban. She fled a family feud, taking…

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes / Our Lady of Lourdes and Memorials of the Saints – 11 February

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes / Our Lady of Lourdes (11 February and 16 July of 1858) – (Optional Memorial)Our Lady of Lourdes:HERE:https://anastpaul.com/2021/02/11/our-lady-of-lourdes-and-memorials-of-the-saints-11-february/AND:https://anastpaul.com/2018/02/11/the-memorial-of-the-apparitions-of-our-lady-of-lourdes-our-lady-of-the-immaculate-conception-and-the-26th-world-day-of-prayer-for-the-sick/ St…

Quinquagesima Sunday:This Season is seventeen (17) days long and includes the three Sundays before Ash Wednesday.The length of the Season never changes but the start date is dependent on the movable date of Easter, which can fall between 22 March-25 April.For many early Christians Quinquagesima marked the time after which meat was forbidden. In many places, this Sunday and the next two days, were…