Saint Fiacre, Seventh Century
Feast Day: September 1

One of the ways we can be caretakers of creation is by planting flowers, vegetables, and trees. Saint Fiacre is the patron Saint of all gardeners. He wanted to live alone in his little house with a garden where he grew plants for food and medicine. But travelers would stop and ask to stay with him, so he built a special shelter for them. More and more people who needed help came to see Saint Fiacre, and eventually a whole town grew up around his house and garden. Saint Fiacre helped all who came, but he also always kept growing his garden.

Discuss: How can you be a steward of creation?

Activity
Gardening
Naturalist

Saint Fiacre dedicated his life to caring for God God’s creation, especially people and plants.

• Take your child to a home and garden store and work together to pick out some flowers and/or plants to either create a container garden or plant outside your home.
• Talk about how the beauty of the flowers and plants will benefit your family and even your neighborhood.
• If possible, prepare a small pot of flowers to share with a neighbor.