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SAINT DAVID OF WALES

3/1/2021

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Rev. Mary McCue
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David of Wales is the patron saint of Wales; his feast day is today. He was a monastic, teacher and preacher. David founded monasteries in Wales, Dumnonia and Brittany, and what became St. David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

His monasteries were known for strict rules. Monks had to pull their own plows; animals were not allowed. Their diet was only water, bread with salt and herbs and a few vegetables. They were not allowed to have possessions; even saying “my book” was an infraction of the rules because it implied personal possession. 

Many legends surround David. One is that he lived for 140 years. Another is that once while he was preaching at the Synod of Brefi, a white dove landed on his shoulder. A dove became one of his symbols; most portraits of David show him with a white dove on his shoulder. The other symbol of David is
the leek, an emblem of the Welsh that even appears in a play by William
Shakespeare (Henry V). He is perhaps best known for his fierce denunciation of Pelagius at the Synod. (Pelagius denied original sin, and claimed that Augustine was a heretic.) Shortly thereafter he was made an archbishop.

David died on March 1, 589. He is buried at St. David’s Cathedral. Churches all over the world are named in his honor, and many Welsh celebrate St. David’s Day with festive banquets.
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    The Rev. Charles Hoffacker is a retired priest of the Diocese of Washington
    who lives in Greenbelt, Maryland. He and his wife Helena Mirtova are members of Ascension and St. Agnes.

    The Rev. Mary McCue, is a vocational deacon and currently ministers at Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes.
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    The Rev. Dominique Peridans is the Rector of Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes. 

    Molly Jane Layton is a seminarian intern at Ascension and St. Agnes. 

    Zach Baker Rodes is a seminarian intern at Ascension and St. Agnes.

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      • What is an Anglo-Catholic?
      • Apolitical or Supra-Political?
      • How Real is Forgiveness?
      • Are We an LGBT-Affirming Parish? (External)
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    • Attending Mass
    • Music
    • Adult Formation
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