Happy 831st Birthday to Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television

and the Poor Clares order has franchises all over the world to this day:

Hmm, never thought of a convent or abbey as a 'franchise'.

Interesting info.

Pope Pius XII designated Clare as the patron saint of television in 1958

So, with new viewing options over the past 67 years, are there other patron saints for Cable and Satellite TV, plus Streaming? VHS and DVD, too?

The feast of her first translation is observed by the religious order on 3 October, while the feast of the finding of her body is kept on 23 September

So are these feasts TV dinners?

The word you are looking for in place of "franchises" is either "houses" or " convents". Most religious orders would use the former.

Franchises is a very poor and inaccurate word.

I really do not think that the use of the word "fans" is appropriate either.

And your closing comments seem naive to me, nuns and monks are not stuck in some medieval time warp, they are very much in the modern world.

I am not familiar with the notion of "trending saints" either

There is soon to be a patron saint of the Internet, Bl. Carlo Acutis. He is to be cannonized in September.

He died in 2006 of leukemia at 15.

@avirosemail, the practices of taking eggs to the Clarisas is alive and well. My wife did it for our wedding (a long time ago), and I know that friends´ daughters have done it before their wedding.

@isn31c, totally agree with your comment, "nuns and monks are not stuck in some medieval time warp, they are very much in the modern world". The monks of Silos are a good example. About 30 yrs ago they became a sensation for their Gregorian Christmas Chants, I even saw them on the Today Show. They are still singing but they have fully functioning web page. In fact many monastaries have an online presence, both for tourism and lodging, and artisan products. But there are exceptions like the Camaldolese monks.

I enjoyed very much seeing St Clare’s basilica in Assisi this spring. It’s still a vibrant pilgrimage site. I love the Church’s multi tasking their patron saints. I was a bookseller for almost 20 years and yes indeed, there’s a Saint for that! St. John of God, a multi purpose Spanish saint who died in the mid 1500s. He also cared for the sick and poor so he’s a patron saint of nurses, the sick, those with heart ailments and somehow firefighters too. Not sure where that came from however. March 8 is his feast day.

For those offended by the words “trending Saints” you’ll have to take it up with the Church since Avi got it from the catholic.org link he provided above.

Yes, Saint names, attributes, powers are often interesting. The day before Saint Clare’s day is the Saint Laurent ( Lawrence, Lorenzo) who died on a grill, August 10th. He’s the patron saint for work that involves fire: grill cooks, firemen, etc. Clare and Laurent fall during the dog days of summer and the Perseides meteor showers, all fire and light related. These same powers and attributes can often be found in pre-Judeo Christian gods if you know how to search beneath the stones.

As a lapsed Catholic…praise the Lord and pass the peas. Thanked her daily for my 30 year TV career.

@Elizabeth, around here the Perseides meteor showers are also called the Tears of St. Lawrence.

@dlindstrom -- we have posted about soon-to-be Saint Carlo Acutis several times here on the Forum. His promotion was delayed by Pope Francis' death. He makes a visit to Assisi even more appealing, and his chapel in a Paris church is a pleasure.

I want to express my appreciation for the Forum member who has taken up the mantle of our dear Emma by emulating her tin ear and thin skin regarding my style of expression. Wave that flag, @isn31c !

I they are bothered by my use of 'fans' to describe fans, wait until I start talking about action figures and collectibles and various denominational equivalents of the MCU.