It has been a long tradition at Saint Benedict Center to study the saints -- not only their individual lives but also groups of saints by theme. How many canonized doctors are there? How many brother-and-sister (sibling) saints are there? Name the canonized foundresses of religious orders. Name the boy saints who died under the age of twenty. Such trivia teaches us about the lives of our Catholic heroes. We get to know them and love them by way of a game. So, the game for tod

One of the students’ assignments was to pick two quotes to memorize; then, each quote was taken and elaborated on, with each student giving extended meanings and metaphors. While you can read more on our Web site, I wanted to share with you one student's submission (slightly edited to reduce the possibility of this newletter getting bounced as spam--the replaced words are in brackets). “ ‘ Since then, at an uncertain hour, That agony returns: And till my ghastly tale is told,