ST. DAVID OF WALES, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR, PRAY FOR US..........

Who do you know of that is of Welsh ancestry or affiliation ? Dylan Thomas, the poet, Richard Burton, the actor, Tom Jones, the singer, and Charles Windsor, Prince of Wales, are among them.
But the most significant Welsh citizen of in human history is a man of the 6th and 7th Century of Christianity, who was a military and church leader - St David of Wales, Bishop and Confessor.
On this Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent, St. David, Bishop and Confessor, the patron saint of the Welsh, is on the liturgical calendar. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Worldwide Communion, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Being I am named Troy David, he is one of the three patron saints I look to in my life. The other two being St. Charles Borromeo, on whose feast day Nov. 4th, I was born, and St. Edward the Confessor, calendared on Oct. 13th. I was baptized as Troy David in 1957, and confirmed as Charles Edward in 1971. St. David of Wales is commemorated by the Welsh on March 1, by the wearing of leeks in their hats. Belonging to the Welsh royal family in the 6th Century and having a military background, David was the founder of a monastic order, whose monks only drank water, not wine or beer, thus David became known as the, "Waterman"; and they plowed the fields without use of an ox, as one of St. David's rules was, "Every man his own ox". The wearing of leeks or daffodils, on St. David's Day originates from his instruction to the Welsh during their war against the Saxons in the 6th Century, to wear leeks in their hats to distinguish themselves from the enemy. The Welsh also celebrate their patron's feast day by drinking water and eating, "cawl", (pronounced cowl) a brothy, meaty, soup-stew. St. David is thought to have died between 544 and 601, A.D., And so as we continue our Lenten journey of prayerful repentance, conversion, and sacrifice, let us intercede to St. David Bishop and Confessor, that we will worthily confess our sins and be fully reconciled with God and others as we celebrate Easter 2010. St. David, Pray For Us..........Fr. Troy
.....St. David's Day also has for me a St. Edward connection. I chose the
Confirmation name in large measure for Msgr. Edward J. Kavanagh.
On March 1, 1982, the St. Rose / St. Patrick Social Center was dedicated.
Since June 6, 1998, the Golden Jubilee of his Priesthood, it has been rededicated the Monsignor Kavanagh Hall..........