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Show ST. URSULA. Holy Mother Church today, "Oct. 21, celebrates the feast of Sarht Ursula, Virgin and Martyr. A number of Christian families had entrusted the education of their children chil-dren to the care of the pious Ursula, and some persons of the ww inrt in like manner placed themselves under her direction. England being then har-rassed har-rassed by the Saxons, Ursula deemed that she ought, after the example of many of her compatriots, to seek an asylum in Gaul. She" met with an abiding pi'ace on the borders' of the Rhine, not far from Cologne, where she hoped to find undisturbed repose; but a horde of Huns having invaded the country, she was exposed, together with all those who were under her guardianship, to the most shameful outrages. Without wavering, they preferred pre-ferred one and all to meet death rather than incur shame. The Saint herself gave the example and was, together with her companions, cruelly massacred in the year 45:. The name of Saint Ursula has from remote ages been held in great honor thrmiehrnit the rhm-fh- she ha-s always been regarded as the patroness of young persons and the model of teachers. Reflection. In the estimation of the wise man. "the guarding of virtue" is the most important p.irt of the educa-':rr. educa-':rr. &f youth. I St. Ursula pray for us. A |