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These fun family-friendly activities offer meaningful ways for everyone to show love, kindness and faith, while also creating a special celebration of St. Valentine.
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching — and it can be easy to forget the true meaning of the day and the Christian history behind what we as a society think of as a secular, romantic holiday.
Surprisingly, many people do not realize that it’s actually St. Valentine’s Day — in remembrance of the saint’s sacred sacrifice and martyrdom.
Since the saint lived in the early Church between the 200s and 300s, there is very little information about his life.
However, according to legend, when he was imprisoned, he signed the phrase “from your Valentine” on a letter to his jailer’s daughter, whom he healed from blindness and befriended. Another legend claims that he skirted the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples in order to spare husbands from being conscripted to serve in wars. The saint, of course, is known as the patron of love (as well as beekeepers and those who have epilepsy).
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Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching — and it can be easy to forget the true meaning of the day and the Christian history behind what we as a society think of as a secular, romantic holiday.
Surprisingly, many people do not realize that it’s actually St. Valentine’s Day — in remembrance of the saint’s sacred sacrifice and martyrdom.
Since the saint lived in the early Church between the 200s and 300s, there is very little information about his life.
However, according to legend, when he was imprisoned, he signed the phrase “from your Valentine” on a letter to his jailer’s daughter, whom he healed from blindness and befriended. Another legend claims that he skirted the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples in order to spare husbands from being conscripted to serve in wars. The saint, of course, is known as the patron of love (as well as beekeepers and those who have epilepsy).
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5 Catholic-Inspired Activities to Celebrate St. Valentine’s Day
These fun family-friendly activities offer meaningful ways for everyone to show love, kindness and faith, while also creating a special celebration of St. Valentine.
