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1. How-To Make a Stick Puppet or Mask... Use Them to Tell a Great Story or Create a Lively Lesson Plan Simple and fun...start with the basic mask, then watch your little artist's imagination soar as they give style and personality to their puppet or mask! Self-expression is the greatest result of this project! Your classroom will come alive when turn...
2. Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian has been depicted in numerous paintings and sculptures throughout the centuries and the world.  In the majority of them, he's depicted as nude, tied to a pole and riddled with arrows.  Why such a popular image?  Check h...
3. St. Francis, A Legacy of Love St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) was a Roman Catholic friar who founded the Order of the Franciscans. On July 16, 1228 he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX. He is known as the patron saint of animals, birds, the environment, and Italy.
4. St. Patrick, Myths Disbanned Perhaps you have always associated St. Patrick with the celebratory icons like leprechauns, the luck of the Irish, four leaf clovers, pots of gold and excessive abuse of alcoholic beverages. But none of these images associated with his legacy seem pa...
5. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Patrick must be the best known of all Patron Saints with parades, parties and craic in his name being celebrated across the globe. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the s...
6. St George - a popular Patron Saint Saint George - one of the most popular Christian saints even though there is precious little hard evidence supporting his life story.  Patron saint of a multitude of places and activities.   St George's Day: April 23rd 
7. James of Ulm - Patron Saint of Stained Glass Artists Jakob Griesinger, better known as Blessed James of Ulm, is the patron saint of glass painters and stained glass window workers. Born 1407 in Ulm (Germany) Died 11 October 1491 in Bologna (Italy) Beatified 1825 by Pope Leo XII In 1432 he was a mercenary i...
8. St. Fiacre You're saying, who? St. Fiacre (fee AH cruh) is the Patron Saint of gardeners. He may play second fiddle to the more well-known St. Francis, but St. Fiacre is becoming a popular figure in gardens. He was born in Ireland and lived sometime between t...
9. St George's Day Should Be a National Holiday in England St George's Day Should Be a National Holiday in England Four countries make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England. Every country but England celebrates their respective Saint day...
10. Saint Andrew ... and Romania, Russia, Luqa in Malta, Amalfi in Italy, Greece and and of fishermen (including fishmongers etc), singers, single women, women hoping to get pregnant and the University of Patras, amongst others. The St Andrew's cross, or Saltir...
11. St Andrew's Day St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and St Andrew's Day is celebrated in Scotland on 30th November each year. The flag pictured to the left is known as the St Andrew's Cross and is one of the three component flags of the Union Flag of Great Bri...
12. Joan of Arc
13. Celebrate St George's Day St George and the Dragon Giclee Print Nisart, Pedro Buy at AllPosters.com The legend of St George and the Dragon dates back to the early eleventh-century and the Crusades. A dragon nests by the only spring at the city of "Silene" in Libya, and...