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Modern Saints

Modern Saints. Common of a Saint

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Modern Saints

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  1. Modern Saints Common of a Saint Almighty God, you have surrounded us with a great cloud of witnesses: Grant that we, encouraged by the good example of your servants, may persevere in running the race that is set before us, until at last we may with them attain to your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  2. Modern Saints

  3. Modern Saints • Absalom Jones (1746-1818) (abolitionist, first African American Episcopal priest) • Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) (educator, founder of the Sisters of Charity) • Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) (abolitionist and woman’s suffragist) • Damien of Molokai (1840-1889) (priest, cared for lepers) • Edward Thomas Demby (1869-1957) (first African American bishop)

  4. Modern Saints • Therese of Lisieux (1873–1897) (nun) • Frances Perkins (1880-1965) (American secretary of labor) • Dorothy Day (1897-1980) (worker’s rights reformer) • Florence Li-Tim Oi (1907-1992) (first woman priest in the Anglican Communion)

  5. Modern Saints • Oscar Romero (1917-1980) (Archbishop of San Salvador, martyr) • Janini Luwuum (1922–1977) (Archbishop of Uganda, martyr) • Jonathan Daniels (1939-1965) (seminarian, civil rights martyr) • Martin Luther King (1929-1968) (minister, civil rights martyr)

  6. Modern Saints • Dorothy Day • A New Yorker AND a pacifist? • AND an anarchist? • “People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.”

  7. Modern Saints • Father Damien • Born in Holland, went to Hawaii to minister to lepers. Sold wooden shoes as a fundraiser to tourists • He called his sisters “sister,” because they really were all nuns. • He has Emma’s vote!

  8. Modern Saints • Florence Li Tim Oi • First woman ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion • Then they changed their minds and took it back. • Then they changed their minds again.

  9. Modern Saints • Last Week’s Contests • Who won? • Who got your vote? Why? • Hot contests?

  10. Modern Saints • Pick your Battle • Which saint should win next week? Why?

  11. Modern Saints • Keep writing funny new hymn verses about your favorite saint. And if you are bold, • Create a “music video” and enter in the Lent Madness competition. • Upload to Youtube and send the link to Lent Madness • Sing the verses you’ve written!

  12. Modern Saints • Trying to pick a winner is madness—but fun anyway! • Have another cup of coffee and vote for your favorite saint.

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