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St. Martin’s Week

The eleventh of November is the liturgical feast for Saint Martin of Tours. Saint Martin was a soldier who through his meeting with a poor man encountered Jesus and converted his life to become a priest and later a bishop. He became famous for living among the poor and his efforts for non violent conflict resolution.
It is for those two reasons that the inceptors of St. Martin CSA choose Saint Martin as their patron. Every year, two weekends prior to eleventh of November the organisation starts to celebrate the efforts of the more than 1000 community volunteers in their different locations and their service to the needy in their midst. This series of celebrations is what the organisation calls the St. Martin’s week.