GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 27 December 1906, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

December 30, Sunday.— St. J Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow.. „ 31, Monday.— Sl. Sylvester 1., Pope ami Confessor. •- .. ' January 1, Tuesday.— Feast of. t'lie Circumcision. „ '2, )Vednesday.— Octave -of St. Stephen. „ . 3, Thursday. --Octave "~ "oT St. John, Evange- * " '- list

4, Friday.— Octave of the Holy Innocents 5, Saturday.—- Vigil of the Epiphany.

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow.

St. Elizabeth was the daughter of the King of Hungary, and the wife 'Of -Louis, Landgrave of .Thuringia. She was remarkable for her charity, and, too& a special delight in serving the sick with her own hands. On the death -of her husband, St. _ Elizabeth was driven from her home, and reduced to take , shelter with"" her children in -a building ..that ' had been us-ed for swine.' "These and' other privations she bore uncomplainingly. She died in 1:231, in the 21th year of her age. , St. Sylvester, Pope and Confessor,.

St. Sylvester, a native of Rome, was called to rule the Church during the twenty-one years which followed the accession &l Constantino. One of tils principal caies was to provide churches for the faithjful, who were now, for the lirst time,- allowed' perfect liberty in the exercise of their religion. The 'most - important event in the pontificate of Str Sylvester was* the celebration of the First General Council," which was presided over by the Papal legates, and in which the errors of Arius were condemned. St. Sylvester died in 335.