Saints in the Windows of All Saints, Calverton

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Mary figures prominently in the childhood stories of Jesus, and is present
at significant moments in the life of her Son's ministry, Passion and Death. We can be sure that she gave
her Son all her love and support throughout His life on earth. In St John's Gospel, we read of Jesus, as He
is dying on the Cross, instructing John to take Mary into his own home and to care for her as his own mother.
In so doing Christ makes Mary, Mother of the Church as John was the only disciple who dared to risk being
at the Crucifixion. Mary is most honoured among the Saints.

ST PETER
Jesus gave Simon the name Peter and made him leader of the Apostles. He was put to death in Rome
around the year AD64. Jesus gave him the name Peter, meaning rock, and told him that he (Peter) was to
be the rock upon which Christ's Church was to be built. Before joining Jesus, Peter was a fisherman on the
Sea of Galilee.

ST PAUL
The Apostle to the Gentiles (non Jews). He also was put to death in Rome sometime after Peter, maybe
around the years AD65 ~ 67. Paul was a devout Jew who experienced a vision of Christ while on his way to
imprison Christians in Damascus. On the road to Damascus he had a vision of Christ and following this he
was baptised in Straight Street, Damascus and became a disciple of Jesus Christ. The vision convinced
Paul that he was to bring the Good News of the Gospel to the Gentile World and so he undertook his great
and dangerous missionary journeys for his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

ST JAMES THE GREAT
An Apostle and brother of John whose father was head of their fishing business. On meeting with Jesus the
gave up fishing and. followed Our Lord. With his brother, James was known as "a son of thunder" for his
ardent temperament. There was nothing "soft" about him or his brother. James was the, first Apostle to die
for his faith, when he was put to death by the sword on the orders of King Herod Agrippa in AD 44.

ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
St John is an Apostle who also wrote the fourth Gospel. The writers of the Gospels in the New Testament
are called Evangelists. (Can you remember the names of the others?). John is also sometimes known as
"the Beloved Disciple". Although he too was persecuted for his faith, he did escape with his life and ended
his days at a ripe old age in Ephesus, which is now part of Turkey. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is believed to
have lived with him in Ephesus before her Assumption into Heaven.

ST ANDREW
An Apostle and Martyr. A martyr is a person who dies for his or her faith. Andrew was martyred around the
year AD6O. Like his brother, Simon Peter, he too was a Galilean fisherman and lived in Capernaum. Before
following Jesus, he was a disciple of St John the Baptist.

ST MATTHEW
An Apostle and Evangelist. Before Our Lord called him into His Service, Matthew was a tax collector. He is
the author of the first of the four Gospels.

ST MATTHIAS
An Apostle who was chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot (who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish
authorities). Matthias had been a follower and disciple of Jesus Since Our Lord's Baptism.