Combining a stimulating mix of history and biography, Saints on Earth gives detailed information about the people commemorated in the Common Worship calendar of Holy Days.

John H. Darch

Cover

Dedication

Copyright

The Common Worship Calendar – Holy Days

Introduction

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Index of Names

Combining a stimulating mix of history and biography, Saints on Earth gives detailed information about the people commemorated in the Common Worship calendar of Holy Days. Includes a free CD-ROM.

Combining a stimulating mix of history and biography, Saints on Earth gives detailed information about the people commemorated in the Common Worship calendar of Holy Days - a calendar greatly expanded from those contained in the Book of Common Prayer and the Alternative Service Book. This wide-ranging selection of spiritually significant men and women features Celtic and Catholic saints, Reformers, Tractarians, bishops and missionaries together with poets, writers, martyrs, social reformers, kings and queens. Recent heroes and heroines of faith, both Anglican and from other Christian traditions, are celebrated alongside those who inspired the Early Church. The accompanying free CD-ROM includes a module compatible with Visual Liturgy 4.0; this links each biography electronically to its allocated Holy Day, allowing users to access that day's information at the click of a button. The CD-ROM also contains searchable PDF files of the Saints on Earth material. This versatile companion is a rich source of inspiration for preaching and leading prayers and worship throughout the year. It is also a valuable resource for teachers in Church schools.

'The Communion of Saints is a part of Christian belief and experience that Anglicans have sometimes neglected and in so doing have missed out on something enriching and encouraging. The Common Worship calendar set out to commend the celebration of the diversity of Christian holiness and through the inclusion of many new names. But names in a calendar mean little without the story that lies behind each entry and many people will be grateful to John Darch and Stuart Burns for a book that brings the stories of these saints and heroes alive for us. However different the culture in which many of them walked the path of discipleship, their lives can still inspire, encourage and draw us more deeply into the prayer of the communion of saints.' -- Rt Revd Michael Perham, Bishop of Gloucester

'The Communion of Saints is a part of Christian belief and experience that Anglicans have sometimes neglected and in so doing have missed out on something enriching and encouraging. The Common Worship calendar set out to commend the celebration of the diversity of Christian holiness and through the inclusion of many new names. But names in a calendar mean little without the story that lies behind each entry and many people will be grateful to John Darch and Stuart Burns for a book that brings the stories of these saints and heroes alive for us. However different the culture in which many of them walked the path of discipleship, their lives can still inspire, encourage and draw us more deeply into the prayer of the communion of saints.'

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Saints on Earth does what it says on the cover! The Common Worship calendar gives provision for no less than 214 saints to be remembered during the year – but who are they? Of course some of them are well known, at least by name, but many others are unfamiliar to us. Who for example knows of Macrina, July 19th? She was eldest of 10 children and among her brothers were Gregory of Nyssa and Basil of Caesarea. This helpful book gives roughly a page to each saint – when they lived, why they are remembered etc.– and sometimes includes a prayer or a verse of one of their hymns. Archbishop Laud’s prayer on going to the scaffold, January 10th, is particularly poignant. The book is packaged with a searchable CD, compatible with Visual Liturgy, so information can be printed on pew sheets or in magazines. The book is particularly useful for those observing the saints days in their daily office of for those churches with a daily Eucharist. Highly recommended.   
Still available 2011, Editor

Saints on Earth

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