Joseph of Arimathea: a Missionary Model

This is Joseph who was previously in hiding. But now after the death of Christ he showed great boldness. For he was neither insignificant, nor of those who remain unnoticed, but one of the members of the Congress and very illustrious. From this indeed his valour is clearly shown. For he condemned himself to death when he proclaimed his abhorrence of all by his sympathy for Jesus, and dared to ask for His body, and did not depart until after he had accomplished what he wanted…

St Cantoque: mission to the heretics

St Cantoque: mission to the heretics

Saint Candock was born in Monmouthshire, Wales, in the late 5th century AD and came from a noble family. His parents, although of royal descent and economically and socially established, became monks, followed an ascetic life and are honoured by the Church as Saints. Both his mother and his spiritual father, the hermit priest Tathan, supported and guided him in his life in Christ. The Saint refused the earthly glories and titles offered to him by the world, as the child of illustrious parents, and devoted himself to spreading the Gospel to the nations, as a child of the Lord Jesus Christ…