Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of Saint Maximilian Kolbe (14 August) celebrates the 19th and 20th century Polish friar, priest, saint, and martyr.

He is best remembered for volunteering to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. Prior to his death, he had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.

He is a patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts, families, journalists, amateur radio operators, the pro-life movement, and people with eating disorders.

Dusty Art

Cristo della Minerva by Michelangelo

+ One of the artist’s most famous sculptures, this piece was a second attempt after the first effort found a dark vein in the marble mid project. The second version is a masterpiece and received particularly extravagant praise for its sculpting of the Lord’s knees.

The City of Ember (Book Review)

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Book Review)

Can you actually write a post apocalyptic story and make it both interesting and appropriate for children?

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The Feast Day of St. Pope Pontian and St. Hippolytus of Rome (13 August) celebrates a pope and an antipope who reconciled after deep theological differences and ultimately suffered martyrdom together.

Elegy In A Country Churchyard

by G.K. Chesterton

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Dusty Quotations

by Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758), widely regarded as one of America’s most important and original philosophical theologians.

Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Clare of Assisi (11 August) celebrates the 11th and 12th century Italian saint who founded the Order of Poor Ladies (later renamed the Order of Poor Clares.) She is known for several miracles, the most famous being the miracle during the Saracen invasion in 1240, where she held the Blessed Sacrament and caused the attackers to flee in fear. Other miracles include multiplying loaves of bread for her sisters and healing the sick through her prayers.

She is a patron saint of several things, including eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, remote viewing, extrasensory perception, fertility, Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, and Obando, Bulacan.

Dusty Buildings

Hale Library (Manhattan, Kansas)

+ This Romanesque Revival style library is the largest building at Kansas State University and the native limestone clad building is a beauty.

Dusty Art

Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell

Player Piano (Book Review)

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (Book Review)