October 31- St. Follian

For more information on this seventh century Irish saint, see Saint-a-day.

Did you know....
Pews from churches are not considered sacred objects? Msgr. Vernon Gardin discusses this issue in regard to the razed St. Aloysius church, also closed in June 2005, in the latest St. Louis Review here (need subscriber number for full text of article.)

"Pews per se are not sacred objects," Msgr. Gardin said. "They do not have the same status as the tabernacle, sacred images, stations of the cross and so on."