Martinmas at Holy Spirit
This Sunday we celebrate Martinmas!
Known by places we take our donations as the "Blessed Coat" church, Holy Spirit remembers the generosity of St. Martin of Tours each year around his feast day, November 11th. He was a Roman soldier who was baptized as an adult and became a bishop in a French town. The most famous legend concerning him was that he had once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the latterfrom the cold. That night, he dreamed of Jesus, wearing the half-cloak and saying to the angels, "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is now baptized; he has clothed me."
Saint Martin died on November 8, 397.
We collect coats, sweaters, hats, and gloves or mittens and share them. Our congregation never ceases to be amazed at the number of coats we collect each year.
Known by places we take our donations as the "Blessed Coat" church, Holy Spirit remembers the generosity of St. Martin of Tours each year around his feast day, November 11th. He was a Roman soldier who was baptized as an adult and became a bishop in a French town. The most famous legend concerning him was that he had once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the latterfrom the cold. That night, he dreamed of Jesus, wearing the half-cloak and saying to the angels, "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is now baptized; he has clothed me."
Saint Martin died on November 8, 397.
We collect coats, sweaters, hats, and gloves or mittens and share them. Our congregation never ceases to be amazed at the number of coats we collect each year.
