Monday 5th, Blessed Edmund Rice, religious, 1762-1844, came from Callan, Co. Kilkenny. After his young wife’s early death, he sold his possessions and dedicated his life to the education of the poor. To advance the work, he gathered like-minded men who took religious vows together to work for the Catholic education of boys. He is a model of patient and cheerful acceptance of the suffering God sends, a true lay apostle and a deeply committed religious.