Comments on: The Immigrant Saint http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/ Adventures in genealogy Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Donna Pointkouski http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2109 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:04:09 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2109 Steve,

Really? How did she come to be the patron saint of parking in San Francisco? LOL I pray to St. Polycarp for that, but don’t ask me why because I just tried to look it up and I found nothing that links him to parking. According to Sister Mary Martha referenced by the good Mother above, the real patron saint of parking spaces is St. Boniface. Because it rhymes, I guess… http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2007/01/boniface-full-of-grace.html

LMAO because stuff like this is what makes non-Catholics think we are certifiable. Oh well, ….

Donna

]]> By: Stephen J. Danko http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2108 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:51:43 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2108 Here I am, the grandson of four immigrants, and I never knew Mother Cabrini was the patron saint of immigrants. In San Francisco, we Good Catholics pray to Mother Cabrini as the patron saint of parking spaces!

Steve

]]> By: Donna Pointkouski http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2104 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:45:46 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2104 And, Motha Superior wins the prize…as if there was any doubt on THAT one! That’s okay, Motha needs more cards! Miss you too!

Very funny, bro. Only you would pull over a nun.

Thanks, Jasia! For your penance, research Elizabeth Ann Seton and write a blog post. ;-)

]]> By: Jasia http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2102 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:11:05 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2102 What an interesting article! Why has it never occurred to me to look up saints before? I didn’t even know there were American saints, foreign born or natives. What a sad testament to my Catholic upbringing. Great sleuthing on your part, Donna!

]]> By: Sheri Fenley http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2101 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:12:25 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2101 I asked Sister Mary Martha and she said that the winner is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for being the first native born American to be cannonized.

Those Get Out of Hell Free Cards are going like hotcakes I’ll bet.

Miss you sista Donner

Motha Superior

]]> By: Drew http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-immigrant-saint/#comment-2100 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:11:28 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-2100 Good article Donna.
It’s funny because I read everything through the eyes of a cop … It goes somthing like this:
Cabrini, huh? Broken English; Doesn’t sound like she’s an American citizen!
“Put your hands on the hood of the vehicle lady. Four Comm, I need a Signal 15 & 16 on a white female, DOB …”

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