Frostburg Hagiography Group

Friday, September 4, 2026

Fall 2026 Reading Project (November)

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know

2026

September - Fulton Sheen

October - Thomas a Kempis

November - Literature WECSK

2026 Fall Reading Project (October)

Complete Works of Thomas à Kempis

2026

September - Fulton Sheen

October - Thomas a Kempis

November - Literature WECSK

Thursday, September 3, 2026

2026 Fall Reading Project (September)

Life Is Worth Living by Fulton Sheen

2026

September - Fulton Sheen

October - Thomas a Kempis

November - Literature WECSK

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

2026 summer reading project RESCHEDULED

rescheduled for summer 2027

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Spring 2026 Reading Project

... from winter to spring

Saint Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

https://a.co/d/0iAfaW5N

Angels and Demons in Art by Rosa Giorgi

https://a.co/d/060p3ZNk

Monday, March 16, 2026

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Saint Francis of Assisi (reading project)

A 17th century painting of Saint Francis by Philip Fruytiers (Public Domain)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Fruytiers_-_St._Francis_of_Assisi.jpg

Winter 2025-2026 Reading Project

Saint Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton

https://www.amazon.com/St-Francis-Assisi-Anniversary-Illustrated/dp/B0FXQ6HJT7/

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Saint Brendan (reading project)

File:"St. Brendan of the Gael", Fenit, Co Kerry by Tigue O'Donoghue.jpg. (2024, September 6). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved August 9, 2025, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:%22St._Brendan_of_the_Gael%22,_Fenit,_Co_Kerry_by_Tigue_O%27Donoghue.jpg&oldid=920309982.

Online:

Catholic Encyclopedia entry "St. Brendan"

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02758c.htm

Wikipedia entry "Brendan the Navigator"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_the_Navigator

Britannica entry "St. Brendan"

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendan

In Print:

The Voyage of St. Brendan

W.J.R. Barron (translator)

Glyn S. Burgess (editor)

https://www.amazon.com/Voyage-St-Brendan-Representative-Translation/dp/0859897559/

The Brendan Voyage

Tim Severin (author)

Malarchy McCourt (contributor)

https://www.amazon.com/Brendan-Voyage-Sailing-America-Exploration/dp/0375755241/

Discover Geography:

St. Brendan's Way story map

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c7a09404ca924f789fb9fc509f1aba7f

Expand On:

Early Irish Christian Literature

https://aleteia.org/2024/01/30/the-immrama-navigating-early-irish-christian-literature/

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Summer 2025 Reading Project: Older Books

A Guide To The Saints

By Kristin E. White

(1992 ~ published 33 years ago)

https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Saints-Kristin-White/dp/0804108803

Byzantine And Russian Painting

By Kostas Papaioannou

(1965 ~ published 60 years ago)

https://www.amazon.com/Byzantine-Russian-painting-History/dp/B0007JB4U4/

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Saint Juliana of Liège (Belgium)

Exploring the internet for information on Saint Juliana of Liege (also click on link provided for information on image) ... her feast day is April 6th

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2020/06/14/saint-juliana-and-corpus-christi/

https://reason2bcatholic.com/2023/04/06/saints-alive-st-juliana-of-cornillon-of-liege-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_Li%C3%A8ge

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Thomas Merton (Spring 2025 Reading Project)

The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton

https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Storey-Mountain-Thomas-Merton/dp/0156010860/

Study guide for Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain

https://www.amazon.com/Study-Guide-Storey-Mountain-SuperSummary/dp/B0C47TSDCG/

Monday, August 26, 2024

Who was Saint Joan of Arc?

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc_at_the_Coronation_of_Charles_VII

Friday, May 24, 2024

FHG Summer 2024 Reading Project

Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox

by G. K. Chesterton

https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Thomas-Aquinas-Dumb-Ox/dp/0385090021

Etienne Gilson on Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox ~ "I consider it as being, without possible comparison, the best book ever written on Saint Thomas." (quote from "What Every Catholic Should Know About Philosophy" by Peter Kreeft, 2023)

Music by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Adoro te devote

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/adoro-te-devote-11817

Art work entailing Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Demidoff Altarpiece

by Carlo Crivelli

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-saint-thomas-aquinas

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

A Catholic online course called 'Bread of Life: The Eucharist in Galilee' included hagiography!

Saint Hilary of Poitiers
Saint Augustine
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Theophylact of Antioch (Patriarch)
Saint John Chrysostom

https://watch.formed.org/bread-of-life-the-eucharist-in-galilee

... referenced from a multivolume set called 'Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture'

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075V9S2DN

Friday, December 15, 2023

Christian Heortology

What is Christian heortology? ... sometimes spelled as eortology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heortology

... heortology as a branch of liturgiology (liturgical studies or liturgics)

Lets read a book about Christian heortology ... book report?

https://www.amazon.com/Heortology-History-Christian-Festivals-Present/dp/1331684587

https://www.amazon.com/Heortology-History-Christian-Festivals-Present/dp/1014919363/

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Saints from Iraq

Human beings began writing around 3400 BC in Sumer, Iraq (Mesopotamia) with Sumerian script (Cuneform). *

* Getty Center https://www.getty.edu/news/where-did-writing-come-from/

Can you find the saints from Iraq? (they can be either from or of Iraq)

see: https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-saints-of-iraq

St. Marolus of Milan (April 23 feast day)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marolus

Friday, January 6, 2023

Enchiridion by Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine by Justus van Gent circa 1474 (wikimedia commons)

We are going to read another book by Saint Augustine, and it is called "Enchiridion". I have read the first chapter, and it is a very interesting book! Keep in mind there are several translations; We are also reading a commentary on this book by Fr. William F. Maestri to help us with the advanced reading level and also the advanced Catholicism.

Get a dictionary and look up 'enchiridion' (know what it means, know how to spell it, and know how to pronounce it) - in the realm of "livelihood education". By adding the origin and transmission of the word, some academic approaches can be understood - that it is a Greek word that comes to us from late Middle English via late Latin (in the realm of "technical education" on word parameters can be found in certain dictionaries). Please note that enchiridion is not the same word as compendium - they are two different words, and hence, two different things. It is possible for a person to use the enchiridion with the compendium for enrichment and enlightment purposes.