St. Boniface—Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and the humble... - Catholic Digest

It's the Feast of St. Boniface, Have a Beer! ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Though eventually martyred for his selfless and Grace-filled efforts, St. Boniface succeeded in creating what we would now recognize as the beginnings of Europe: a synthesis of the classical, Christian, and Germanic. So, please, raise a glass to St. Boniface on his feast day, and to the many monks of history who helped build Western Civilization. One of the most surprising things of my adult life has been to meet Christians who don’t drink alcoh…

St. Boniface—Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and the humble... - Catholic Digest

Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and the humble, to rich and to poor, to men of every rank and age, as far as God gives us the strength. —St. Boniface The post St. Boniface—Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and the humble… appeared first on Catholic Digest.

Pope Benedict and Saint Boniface - Catholic Insight

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 11 March 2009 Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century missionary who spread Christianity in Central Europe, indeed also in my own country: St Boniface, who has gone down in history as “the Apostle of the Germans”. We have a fair amount of information on his life, thanks to the diligence of his biographers.…

St. Boniface (Bishop and Martyr)

St. Boniface was born around 675 in Wessex, England, and became a Benedictine monk with a passion for evangelization. After years of teaching and writing, he felt called to missionary work and traveled to what is now Germany, where paganism still dominated. Commissioned by the pope, Boniface fearlessly preached the Gospel, founded monasteries, and reformed […]