Jeanne d'Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
Jeanne d’Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
“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

26 May

Eleutherus
(c. 130–189)
Martyr, Pope
John Calvin
(1509–1564)
Preacher, Priest, Reformer, Spiritual Writer, Theologian
Maria Michał Kowalski
(1871–1942)
Archbishop, Martyr, Minister General / Minister Generalis, Priest, Spiritual Writer
Mariana de Paredes y Flores
(1618–1645)
Mystic
Peter Sanz
(1680–1747)
Bishop, Martyr, Missionary
Philip Neri
(1515–1595)
Founder, Priest

If I am anything at all, I am a man of letters. I’m a writer, a word which does not exactly mean anything in either the English, Irish, or American language.

Brendan Behan (1923–1964)

Irish writer

Confessions of an Irish Rebel (1965)