Shepherd's Heart Ministries
Of Christ's Catholic Church

St. Brigid of Kildare, Abbess & Virgin
(Bride, Bridget, Brigit, Ffraid)
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Born at Faughart (near Dundalk) or Uinmeras (near Kildare), Louth,
Ireland, c. 450; died at Kildare, Ireland, c. 525; feast of her
translation is June 10.
“We implore Thee, by the memory of Thy Cross’s hallowed and most bitter
anguish, make us fear Thee, make us love Thee, O Christ. [...]

St. Willibrord of Northumbria, Apostle to Friesland, Bishop
Born in Northumbria, Britain, 658; died in Echternach, Luxembourg, 739. His name indicates that he is of Saxon lineage (‘Willi’ is a great god of Norse mythology; ‘brord’ indicates ‘under the protection of’).
Willibrord, first Archbishop of Utrecht, is one of the missionaries sent out by the Anglo-Saxon Christians [...]

St. Gwyddfarch, Hermit of Moel yr Ancr, Wales
A number of ascetics chose the tops of hills. One such was the hermit and monastic founder St Gwyddfarch. We know little about his early life beyond the fact that he was part of the community founded by his spiritual father, St Llywelyn at Trallwng (Tre = town, [...]

St. Vulganius (Wulganus, Vulmar) of Arras, Hermit – November 3
Died c. 704. Saint Vulganius was an Irishman, Welshman, or Englishman (according to a manuscript at Lens he was born at Canterbury) who crossed over to France and evangelized the Atrebati. Finally he lived as a hermit at Arras, under the obedience of the abbot of [...]

St. Gwenvrewi of Holywell, Abbess of Denbighshire, Wales – November 3
(Winefride, Winifred, Winefride, Wenefrida, Gwenfrewi, Guinevra)
Died c. 680. Winifred is evidently an historical personage, but it is equally true that her true story can no longer be reconstructed because the written information is too late to be reliable.
Winefred was the daughter of Trevith, one of [...]

St. Ninian Bishop of Whithorn (Nynia, Ninnidh)
Apostle to the Picts, Abbot of Candida Casa (White House) Monastery, Bishop of Whithorn
Bishop and confessor; date of birth unknown; died about 432; the first Apostle of Christianity in Scotland. The earliest account of him is in Bede (Hist. Eccles., III, 4): “the southern Picts received the true faith [...]

The Legend of Melangell and the Hare
Our ministry is dedicated to Saint Melangell, she has always been our patron saint. She’s a wonderful Celtic saint who spent her life trying to make a safe place for folks amongst the thorns, thickets, and briarpatches of society and of the world and that is our calling as [...]