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

3 June

Charles Lwanga
(c. 1861–1886)
Martyr
Janani Luwum
(c. 1922–1977)
Archbishop, Bishop, Deacon, Martyr, Priest
Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe
(c. 1859–1885)
Martyr
Kevin
(c. 498–618)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Uganda Martyrs
(1885–1887)
Martyrs
Wyllow
(6th cent.)
Hermit, Martyr

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)