St Martin Magazine - St Martin Magazine - Dec 2024

In this issue

It’s that time of year again for Christians when we recall the moment God broke into the history of Humankind and Jesus was born in Bethlehem. In December we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace and Fr John Walsh reminds us of this in his Editorial. Ray Hughes continues the theme as he looks at the hymn, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” The last word means “God with us.” The charming little story, A Christmas Legend brings us into the stable at Bethlehem in a unique way and in Echoes, Patricia Hope examines the deep historical roots of Santa Claus through the story of St Nicholas of Myra. Mary the mother of Our Lord, who made it all possible, is celebrated in two articles: as the Mother of Divine Providence by Dom Aelred Magee and through the restoration of the statue of Our Lady of The Rosary of Fatima in the Holy Cross Dominican church in Tralee. Our famous convert is Elizabeth Seton, the first American to be canonized a saint, and It Happened this Month looks at a woman who would have been queen of England had it not been for Anti-Catholicism. Don’t forget there is still time to order a St Martin Charity Calendar or St Martin hardback Diary as a Christmas gift… or why not gift someone in your life with an annual subscription to our lovely magazine. The gift that really will keep on giving in the year ahead.