BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20170312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20171105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20180311T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20181104T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20190310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20191103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180202
DTSTAMP:20260519T181051
CREATED:20170825T162014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T162014Z
UID:6224-1517443200-1517529599@www.thefranciscanfriars.org
SUMMARY:Saint Ansgar
DESCRIPTION:Saint Ansgar\nSaint of the Day for February 1\n(801 – February 3\, 865)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint Ansgar’s Story\nThe “apostle of the north” (Scandinavia) had enough frustrations to become a saint—and he did. He became a Benedictine at Corbie\, France\, where he had been educated. Three years later\, when the king of Denmark became a convert\, Ansgar went to that country for three years of missionary work\, without noticeable success. Sweden asked for Christian missionaries\, and he went there\, suffering capture by pirates and other hardships on the way. Fewer than two years later\, he was recalled\, to become abbot of New Corbie (Corvey) and bishop of Hamburg. The pope made him legate for the Scandinavian missions. Funds for the northern apostolate stopped with Emperor Louis’s death. After 13 years’ work in Hamburg\, Ansgar saw it burned to the ground by invading Northmen; Sweden and Denmark returned to paganism. \nHe directed new apostolic activities in the North\, traveling to Denmark and being instrumental in the conversion of another king. By the strange device of casting lots\, the king of Sweden allowed the Christian missionaries to return. \nAnsgar’s biographers remark that he was an extraordinary preacher\, a humble and ascetical priest. He was devoted to the poor and the sick\, imitating the Lord in washing their feet and waiting on them at table. He died peacefully at Bremen\, Germany\, without achieving his wish to be a martyr. \nSweden became pagan again after his death\, and remained so until the coming of missionaries two centuries later. \n\nReflection\nHistory records what people do\, rather than what they are. Yet the courage and perseverance of men and women like Ansgar can only come from a solid base of union with the original courageous and persevering Missionary. Ansgar’s life is another reminder that God writes straight with crooked lines. Christ takes care of the effects of the apostolate in his own way; he is first concerned about the purity of the apostles themselves. \n\nSaint Ansgar is the Patron Saint of:\nDenmark
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-ansgar/2018-02-01/
CATEGORIES:Saint of the Day
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR