Place du Martroi, Orléans
Place du Martroi, Orléans
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

11 July

Benedict of Nursia
(c. 480–547)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Founder, Mystic
Drostàn
(6th/7th cent.)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
John
(c. 690)
Bishop
Pius I
(c. 81–155)
Martyr, Pope

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

John W. Raper (1870–1950)

American journalist