Edith Stein The Twelve Great Feasts is recorded in the Synoptic

is recorded in the Synoptic Gospels and commemorated annually on August 6th

January 6th

After surviving a life threatening illness

Williams made history when he performed (at Provident) the first successful open-heart surgery on a human being

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Edith Stein The Twelve Great Feasts is recorded in the SynopticEdith Stein (1891 1942)Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) was born on Yom Kippur in 1891 to a devout Jewish family in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocaw, Poland). Her parents were hard working, industrious and patriotic Germans who ran a lumber business that thrived until her father died suddenly when Edith was two. Her mother, Auguste, then ran the family and the business and still found time to pray and worship in the synagogue with a fervent