There are narratives about St. Valentine.
St. Valentine was a Roman priest and physician who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus about 270. He was buried on the Via Flaminia, and Pope Julius I reportedly built a basilica over his grave. Other narratives identify him as the bishop of Terni, Italy, who was martyred, apparently also in Rome, and whose relics were later taken to Terni. It is possible these are different versions of the same original account and refer to only one person.
According to legend, St. Valentine signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and healed from blindness. Another common legend states that he defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war.
Valentine’s Day as a lovers’ festival dates at least from the 14th century.
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Who doesn't like FREE money? We don't just like it, we LOVE it! Box Tops for Education has just sent us a check for $1,358.10 for our last submission!
Keep those Box Tops coming in! There are families that have moved that still mail us Box Tops and parishioners are always dropping by with their submissions. We collect them all year round and twice a year they cut us a check for all our clipping, saving, and little ones pasting of collection sheets. Please send in all of your Box Tops to the main office. Thank you for supporting this Free money program for our school!
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We are thrilled to announce that The Dragonfly Art Studio hosted our annual Catholic Schools Week Art Show, a Pre-K-12th-grade Art exhibition to include students' artwork from all of the Catholic schools in the Hampton Roads area.
The students who were selected to represent St. Matthew's are:
2nd Grade - Cera, Brady, Ava, & Connor
3rd Grade - Max, Emily, & Daniel
5th Grade - Joshua, Holly, Axelle, Nyjah, Amelia, Sarah, & Alessandra
7th Grade - JR, Kate, Cara, Ryan, & Alex
8th Grade - Arielle, Kyra, Elena, & Isabella
Congratulations to all of the students who had their pieces selected for display at the show.
The Catholic Schools Week Art Show promotes the Fine Arts programs of our local Catholic schools to our community. At the same time, the goal is to highlight and display some fantastic creative art from over 200 students.
Special thanks to The Dragonfly Art Studio located at 1703 Colley Avenue in Norfolk for hosting the Art Show to showcase the Fine Arts in Hampton Roads Catholic Schools.
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