Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Brendan the Navigator (16 May), celebrates the 5th and 6th century Irish seafaring holy man who some believe sailed to North American five hundred years before Leif Erikson.

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Dusty Buildings

Thorncrown Chapel (near Eureka Springs, Arkansas)

+ located in the middle of a forest in northwest Arkansas, this chapel blends modern architecture with nature, in a way that feels much older than its 1980 date of construction.

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Dusty Art

Veiled Vestal by Raffaele Monti 

+ This sculpture set the standard for veiled sculpture in the 19th century and was featured in the 2005 film production of ‘Pride and Prejudice.’

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Adalbert of Prague (23 April), celebrates the life of a 10th century Bishop and missionary to the Hungarians, Poles, and Prussians, who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity. He is said to be the composer of the oldest Czech hymn Hospodine, pomiluj ny and Bogurodzica, the oldest known Polish anthem

He is a patron saint of Poland, Czech Republic, Archdiocese of Esztergom, Archdiocese of Prague, students of Polish literature, and Kaliningrad Oblast.

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