Seize MagnificatJune, 2021, Vol, 21, No. 4 Compiled By Magnificat Offered As Audio Books

for discussion of Venerable Pierre Toussaint"born in what is now Haiti,
arrived in New York City as a slave but died there as an accomplished hairdresser, a free man, and a beloved member of the city's Catholic community.
" He was taught to read and write by his grandmother with the consent of the plantation owner Pierre Berard, Because Haitian blacks began to protest their enslavement, Mr, Bernard fled to New York city taking Toussaint who was in his's his younger sister and aunt, Toussaint was apprenticed to a local hairdresser and became a man of wealth because his "owner" allowed him to keep his wages, He used his monies to benefit others: He supported his master's widow and the other house slaves, Mrs. Bernard in turn freed him before her death in, He bypassed quarantine lines to help those diagnosed

with cholera, gave to charities and used his home as a residence and school for orphans.
Most interesting, he did fund raising to build the old St, Patrick's Cathedral on Mulberry Street though he would later be denied entry there due to his race!

Under Saints Who Shaped the liturgy St.
James the Deacon is an interesting read because he introduced the Gregorian chant to the Northumbrian church and was instrumental in the Roman dating of Easter inat the Synod of Whitby.
Finally, a good way to lose, is with direction on How to Become Salt of the Earth under Meditation of the Day: "Always try to be good and generous.
. . Love consists of sacrifice and virtue, Be generous. . Always try to act with integrity, . . forgetting yourself to ease the suffering of another try to be patient with troublesome persons, bearing in silence all the sufferings that may afflict your heart, spirit, and body.
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A worthwhile read for those attracted to the Magnificat mission and desirous of growth in the Christian faith, .