This is fascinating. Today is All Saints day in the Catholic church, recognizing all who are saints in name and those who we don't know about. It's a feast day, and is recognized in Mexico and South America as Dias de los Muertos (hope I got that right), or day(s) of the dead. Tomorrow is All Souls day, the other dias, where we celebrate all who are waiting in purgatory for the day that God comes back to judge us all and we go to heaven or hell. Purgatory deserves it's own post, if you're not Catholic.
There is a patron saint of alcoholism and reformed alcoholics. He's Saint Martin of Tours. His saint day (celebration day) is November 11, which is coming up. I would think all Catholics in AA should know this date, and have a medal of St. Martin.
St. Martin also has a spot on the road to Santiago de Compostela, the most wonderful pilgrimage site from France to Spain. It's a long, but walkable road where pilgrims travel, relying on the kindness of strangers to get them through. My friend Carrie and I wanted to do it a few years ago, but it takes a few weeks to do, and we couldn't get the time off. Now that we're both unemployed, maybe we can make it work. But not in the winter. I would like to go there, though. Especially now that I have another patron saint to visit.
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