New Year: Wreath V

 Little Flowers started off the new school year with a registration table at back to school night and serving donuts after Masses the weekend before school began. Then we had our first petal meeting for Wreath V, learning about St Hildegard of Bingen and the virtue of studiousness. Hildegard knew all about herbs to treat illnesses so we studied and planted Rosemary, Lavender, and Basil. 

Verse: “A wise man is more powerful than the strong; and the learned than the mighty.” -Proverbs 24:5

St Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) lived in Germany as a Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, mystic, pharmacist, preacher, poet, and visionary.  Some of the music she wrote is still used in churches today. She had mystical visions her whole life and wrote them down. She was also interested in science and medicine and knew a lot about herbs and nature. She thought of humans as “living sparks” of God’s love. She influenced popes, emperors, kings, and other saints and became a Doctor of the Church. 

She is a patron saint of ecology as well as writers and musicians. Her feast day is September 17. The virtue of studiousness is giving our attention to the good and true things God wants for us to learn and avoiding giving our attention to the things that take us away from God. Studiousness is a temperance for the mind, moderating our natural desire for knowledge. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to help us grow in studiousness as we learn and develop in our faith and knowledge. 

We also had a picnic in the garden and discussed plans for the year. 

St Hildegard of Bingen, pray for us and help us to grow in the virtue of studiousness this new school year!

If you haven't already, be sure to get a registration form and payment of $25 per family to Neil or Jenny. Looking forward to a fun year of Little Flowers adventures!