[Tax-chick]

We have several books about St. Elizabeth Ann: for obvious reasons, she’s very popular at the Seton School, from whom we buy a lot of our curriculum. DP and I tried to go to the Shrine at Emmitsburg once, when we were visiting my parents in D.C., but we got lost and went to Manassas instead.

Nice museum in Manassas, and excellent antique shops for Civil War people.

[Salvation]

The Twelfth Day of Christmastide

January 5, St. John Neumann

John Neumann was born in Bohemia on March 20, 1811. Since he had a great desire to dedicate himself to the American missions, he came to the United States as a cleric and was ordained in New York in 1836 by Bishop Dubois.

In 1840, John Neumann entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists). He labored in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In 1852, he was consecrated bishop of Philadelphia. There he worked hard for the establishment of parish schools and for the erection of many parishes for the numerous immigrants. Bishop Neumann died on January 5, 1860; he was beatified in 1963.

• Day Twelve activity (Visit to the Blessed Sacrament)
• Day Twelve recipe (Vanocka)