meals and medicines was fascinating. We were privileged to see a family of long horned sheep running and jumping over the rocks.
1st January2017 we headed for Pasadena. We were going to see the Rose Parade which was absolutely fantastic. It was attended by thousands of people.
On 3rd January we took a flight back to Seattle. It was a rough ride but we landed safely. Snow was lying thick and freezing temperatures greeted our return.
The rest of my time was spent with friends and family until I headed home on 9th January 2017.
Gladys
Thanks to Gladys for rallying to the plea in every magazine searching for items of interest to readers.
You may have thought that flying across the pond and to the western seaboard of the United States of America was a bit too far, but perhaps you will change your mind when you read about( and see the pictures from) Seattle, Palm Springs and Pasadena on the back cover of the StOM.
SAINTS COMMEMORATED IN JUNE
5 June Saint Boniface: The Apostle of the Germans, born Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex( c. 672), probably at Crediton( now in Devon, England), was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8 th Century. He is the patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz, He was killed on 5 June 754 in Dokkum, Frisia, buried in Fulda, which became a site of pilgrimage. Facts about his life are well documented,‘ vitae’, legal documents, sermons and letters are preserved. In 723 he felled the Donar Oak near the present-day town of Fritzlar in northern Hesse. He called upon the god to strike him down if he cut this holy tree, but his vita told that a great wind arose and blew the oak down, but did not kill Boniface, so the people were amazed and converted to Christianity. He built a chapel on the site from the wood and dedicated it to St Peter, today it’ s the site of the cathedral in Fritzlar. He enjoyed the personal protection of the Carolingian kings, and was made papal legate to Germany. Some traditions credit him with the invention of the Christmas tree( although this is not mentioned in the vitae). Through his efforts to reorganise and regulate the church of the Franks, he helped shape Western Christianity.
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