February 28 - St. Romanus and St. Lupicinus

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's saints.

February 27 - St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

See Saint-a-day for more information on this 19th century Passionist priest.

February 26 - St. Porphyry

For more information on today's fifth century bishop, see Saint-a-day.

Fish fry review - St. Matthias, South County

Well, I went to my first fish fry this week, and I'll try to hit different ones each week.

St. Matthias is located at 796 Buckley Rd in South County and their fish fry is held each Friday during Lent.

Details:
$6.50 for an adult dinner, $6 for seniors, kids meals, more for crab cakes. Desserts and sodas are a la carte.

The menu this year includes baked fish and crab cakes (I didn't try those). St. Matthias always has their fryers outside in a special area, which you can see when you come into the school. I had the fried fish, which was lightly breaded and crisp, almost a beer batter, which was really good. The cole slaw, with red and green cabbage, left a little to be desired. Green beans were okay, but nothing extravagant. Not a lot of side choices, but a nice dining environment.

My grade: B+

Closed parishes update - St. Louis Review 2/23/07

The latest edition of the St. Louis Review has a front page story about what's happened to many of the closed parishes of 2005.

St. Boniface is only listed as being owned by Rothchild Properties, and no mention of turning it into a theater was in this article.

February 23 - St. Polycarp

See Saint-a-day for more information on this second century martyr.

February 22 - Chair of St. Peter

For more information on today's feast day, see Saint-a-day.

February 21 - St. Peter Damian

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's 11th century saint.

February 20 - St. Eucherius

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's 7th century saint from Orleans, France.

February 19 - St. Barbatus

For more information on today's 7th century Italian saint, see Saint-a-day.

Enjoy your Presidents' Day holiday, if you have it!

February 16 - St. Onesimus

For more information on today's slave who become a bishop in the early church, see Saint-a-day.

February 15- Sts. Faustinus and Jovita

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's early Christian martyrs from Brescia, Italy.

February 14 - Sts. Cyril and Methodius

I've been on a little break due to exams and a little snow shoveling. ;->

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's saints.

Enjoy your Valentine's Day with the candy of your choice!

On the Fish Fry front...Ash Wednesday is next week! I will be reporting any new fish fries in the Ultimate Fish Fry Compendium. My parish, St. Matthias, in South County, will be holding their fish fries every week this year. Let us know about your favorite fish fries at fishfry@stbonifaceonline.com.

February 9 -St. Apollonia and the martyrs of Alexandria

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's third century saint and her companions.

February 8- St. Jerome Emiliani

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's Italian saint who ministered to the poor and abandoned.

February 7 - Blessed Giles Mary

For more information on today's Italian holy man, see Saint-a-day.

February 6 - St. Paul Miki and Companions

For more information on today's martyrs of Nagasaki and the martyrs of Japan, see Saint-a-day.

February 5 - St. Agatha

See Saint-a-day for more information on today's saint.

For more information on the parish of St. Agatha in South St. Louis, see this page.

February 2 - Groundhog Day, interesting STB links

Happy Groundhog Day! Don't forget--tomorrow is the Feast of St. Blaise. Have your throat blessed while you can!

I have been a bit busy with my studies and some other items, so I have not updated this blog. Never fear, this is only a temporary situation. I am making time in my week to update a bit more regularly.

Lots of things have been happening lately. In late November, there was a news story in the South Side Journal that St. Boniface may be turned into a theatre of some sort. So far, there is no new news (that I can find online) to post a link re: this. In the event there is one, you'll see it here.

I just converted this blog to the new Blogger (I held off, because my other ones seemed to take so long and this is my biggest blog), so if you have any complaints, hit the Help buttons on this page and complain to the Blogger folks. :)

I ran into these interesting tidbits below. I will post links in our other St. Boniface pages soon. Hope you enjoy!

Bonfire of the Vanities - Fr. Martin Fox of St. Boniface in Piqua, OH's blog.
A note on prayers to St. Boniface - Sr. Mary Martha's recent blog entry about her home parish of St. Boniface in the Midwest.