June 5
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Boniface

St. Boniface

bishop and martyr, apostle of Germany · c. 675 – 754
Let us not be dumb dogs or silent onlookers, but careful shepherds.
— Letter to Archbishop Cuthbert

An English monk who felled the sacred oak of Donar and built a chapel from its wood. He founded dioceses and monasteries all over Germany. At eighty he was killed by pagans during a confirmation. Peace, courage and faithfulness to the end.

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