Source Little is known about Sulpicius' early life. He was appointed Bishop of Bourges in 584 and is credited with writing a very popular biography of St. Martin of Tours (Nov. 11). In 585, he went to the Council of Mâcon. He died in 591.

Source Laura was born in Chile in 1891. Her father was a soldier and died when she was young. A widow, her mother moved to Argentina and settled down in a boardinghouse owned by Manuel Mora. When Laura was eight, she went to boarding school with the Salesian Sisters and decided that she would become one of them. But in 1901, she got sick. She got sicker and sicker until in 1904, Manuel got drunk and ordered Laura to return home. Distraught, she ran away, but she was caught and beaten! She died of her wounds a week later, on January 22, 1904. She is the patron of abuse victims. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24)

Source  St. Arnold Janssen was born in Goch, Germany on November 5, 1837 and was ordained in 1861. For a while he taught science, but later founded an order called the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, whose mission was to bring the Gospel to the whole world, in 1889. He also founded the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters in 1896.

First snow of the year! Hopefully it'll stick... Snow-ccer! Walking in a winter wonderland... Frolicking in the snow Surrrrrre having fun! Walking on the ice with their "ice skates"... They're actually shoes! Aw...Snow's melting! :-{