Showing posts with label Wisconsin hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisconsin hunting. Show all posts
Bp Ricken wishes Wisconsin hunters well
Wisconsin hunters - appreciate the fullness of God's creation tomorrow. Deer or no deer. Enjoy!— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) November 18, 2016
St. Hubert, patron saint of hunters, pray for us! #OpeningDay— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) November 19, 2016
Here's to a safe and successful deer hunting season throughout the @GreenBayDiocese! pic.twitter.com/EYjIQ1KV0t— Diocese of Green Bay (@GreenBayDiocese) November 19, 2016
TheCompass: Saints for the deer hunting season
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St. Eustace and St. Hubert share some common elements in their storiescontinue at The Compass
Deer hunting season is upon us. Whether it’s bow season — Sept. 12 through Jan. 3 in Wisconsin — or deer gun season coming up — Nov. 21 to 29 — taking to the woods is a tradition going back generations.
When one talks about patron saints of hunters, two names come up most often: St. Eustace (also called Eustáchius) and St. Hubert (also called Hubertus). Their stories are similar and there is speculation that the life of the earlier of the two was more a pious story than the true tale of a true person.
However, St. Eustace is listed as a saint and, in fact, is one of the 14 Holy Helpers (a list which includes St. Christopher and St. Blaise). Eustace was born a Roman and became a very successful general under the Emperor Trajan in the second century. He was known as Placidus before his conversion to Christianity, and that conversion is where the hunting story comes in.
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