Well it wasn't really in catechism. It was really put on by the Girl Scouts.
We were a small troop and I think we only had about 4 or 5 members. We
learned all kinds of really good stuff there. Our troop was sponsored by
the Catholic Church there and we did all kinds of things like that. All the
higher classes 7th and 8th grades were brought in and they got to see us.
It was the Hilton Mt. Carmel school in Socorro, New Mexico. I loved that old
church. Grade 1 through 8 and then we had to go to regular high school. We
only did the St. Valentine play when I was in the 8th grade and then I had
to go to High School. I don't know if they continued it after we went to
high school or not.
Love
Cheryl
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Inspired Valentine's Day
Wow Cheryl. Sounds like you really got into it. We never had plays in
catechism like that.but I think he's a pretty amazing man
Love,
Janet
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 3:30 PM Cheryl Gehrke <cheryl_g@xxxxx> wrote:
Yes I always thought it was so neat. I went to a Catholic school when I was
younger. In the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. I joined the Girl Scouts when I was
in the 7th and 8th grades and we learned about St. Valentine. We had this
little play in our school cafeteria where Linda Devlin and I played the
Roman soldiers and Sylvia Kimball played St. Valentine. We practiced the
play many times and we had cardboard swords covered with aluminum foil and
since we had practiced so many times, our swords were kind of getting a
little worse for wear, so when we had the play in front of all the kids in
our school, we brought St. Valentine out who was dressed in her moms bath
robe and threw him (her) in our little jail which was a big cardboard box
and we asked him (Sylvia) to renounce Jesus and she said no,no I will never
renounce Jesus. So Linda and I said then you are going to die. We took her
out of the prison and she tripped over her moms bath robe and fell down.
(Laughter) We picked her up roughly and we tied her up to a pole. Then we
stabbed her with our swords, and both of our swords bent in half. All the
kids cracked up laughing. Even the nuns had a hard time keeping a straight
face. It was not supposed to end that way. So every Valentines Day I think
about that. I think also about how hard it was back in those days to worship
God and believe and worship Jesus, and how many people died for their belief
in Jesus especially with the Romans as they had their own gods and wanted
everyone to believe and worship their gods which were idols. So many died in
horrible ways. They were not compassionate people those Romans. And how
Jesus said to endure to the end, even in death. All the Christians had to do
was worship the statue of Diana one of their goddesses but they refused to
do it. They endured to the end.
Love
Cheryl
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Inspired Valentine's Day
Isn't that so awesome that valentines days origins began with this amazing
and beautiful saint who was martyred and died for Jesus. I knew about him
when I was growing up, raised as a catholic. And every year I tribute part
of the day for him, like st. Francis he was so special. I didn't know about
the bees though which thrills me to pieces. We could sure use him in this
mess we are in now.
There are so many martyrdom stories associated Valentine's Day, st
Valentine's was imprisoned for ministering to Christians persecuted under
the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. It was even said that this saint
healed and restored the sight to a blind daughter of his jailer. Then the
legend went on and claimed he wrote the jailers daughter a letter and signed
it "your valentine" as a farewell before his execution, and performed
weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.
Thanks for sharing.
Love, Janet
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 10:03 AM Evonne Vey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you lived in the early first few centuries AD, and didn't have as much
historical <https://carm.org/manuscript-evidence> documentation as the New
Testament, a great deal of legend or myth would happen to arise about your
life.
Such is the case with St. Valentine (or Valentinus), of the third century
AD, from whom we best know the holiday associated with him on February 14 -
Valentine's Day.
But certainly something went awry from the life of a celibate saint whose
legacy has turned into a day where significant others hand each other
chocolates and candies. What all do we really know about this martyr? And
what myths have developed about him over time?
We'll dive into the true life of St. Valentine and separate the fact from
the fiction.
Photo credit: Pexels/Ylanite Koppens
Facts about St. Valentine
Unfortunately, because St. Valentine lived more than 1700 years ago, we
don't have many solid details on his life. Because, as mentioned before, we
don't have 5600 Greek manuscripts corroborating the evidence and details of
his life, as we do have for the New Testament, we have only some skeletonic
facts about the
<https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/who-was-st-valentine-509916.
html> life of this Saint.
First, we do know that St. Valentine lived during the mid to late 3rd
century. As a refresher in church history, this was a period of intense
persecution in Rome prior to Constantine's reign in Rome in the 300s AD
where <https://www.gotquestions.org/Constantine-the-Great.html> he
legalized Christianity.
We know that St. Valentine was working as a Roman priest during the reign of
an emperor named Claudius, as explained by
<https://www1.cbn.com/st-valentine-real-story> David Kithcart in this
article. The emperor's nickname,
<https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-valentine-beheaded> Claudius
the Cruel, can give readers a hint at some of the persecution Christians may
have endured under his rule. What's more, many Romans experienced some
persecution under the emperor as well.
As stated in the History.com article linked above, Claudius likely believed
that the reason the Roman army wasn't as formidable as possible was because
husbands wanted to stay at homes with their wives and families instead of
fighting in wars.
To combat this, Claudius made marriage and engagements illegal in Rome to
sway male soldiers to stay in the Roman army and not worry about a
significant other back home.
Valentine, a proponent of marriage, especially Christian marriage, married
many couples in secret.
When Claudius II discovered him, explains Kithcart, he sentenced Valentine
to a three-part execution: beating, stoning, and then a beheading. Most
believe St. Valentine was killed during the year 270 AD, but some have
debated whether his death happened during one of the surrounding years.
Valentine has since become a patron Saint of
<https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/love-bible-verses/> Love,
and actually, a patron saint of beekeepers, explains
<https://www.worldvision.org/economic-empowerment-news-stories/saint-valenti
ne-day-beekeepers> this article from World Vision, since bees are often
equated as an aphrodisiac.
<https://www.worldvision.org/economic-empowerment-news-stories/saint-valenti
ne-day-beekeepers>
St. Valentine: Patron saint of beekeepers | World Vision
There's more to St. Valentine than Valentine's Day, romance, and love. He's
the patron saint of beekeepers. See ...
--
Janet
"Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he had saved the whole world"
