Shepherd's Heart Ministries
Of Christ's Catholic Church

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.” -Sermon on the Mount
Blessings and Apostolic Benediction!
I would like to invite all of our friends who feel so called to join us in prayer on November the 11th, the Feast of St. Martin of Tours, praying for the peace of the world. [...]

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 [...]

We are looking for a few good women and men to answer their call to an ordained ministry for the Holy, Catholic, Church of God within the Diocese of the Shepherd’s Heart. The fields are ripe and the laborers few.
The mainstream churches are in transition and turmoil. Both the Roman Catholic [...]

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 [...]