1206–1280
Saint Albert the Great, 1206–1280
November 15
Saint Albert was a German priest. He was very smart. He liked to learn about God’s world. He looked carefully at spider webs. He studied the stars and the way they move. He spent hours looking at plants and watching animals. He even wrote a book on how to take care of falcons! Because of all the things he knew, he was given the title “the Great.” Saint Albert loved all creation because it was made by God.
Discuss: Name one thing you like to look at when you are outside in God’s world.
Saint Albert was a German priest. He was very smart. He liked to learn about God’s world. He looked carefully at spider webs. He studied the stars and the way they move. He spent hours looking at plants and watching animals. He even wrote a book on how to take care of falcons! Because of all the things he knew, he was given the title “the Great.” Saint Albert loved all creation because it was made by God.
Albert was a teacher of another Saint, Thomas Aquinas. He enjoyed teaching and learning about astronomy, geography, science, and math. Albert is called a Doctor of the Church because the things he wrote and taught were very important to the Catholic Church.
Saint Albert is the patron of miners and naturalists, people who study nature. He is often shown wearing his Dominican robes.
Activity
Walking in God’s World
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Explain to the child that Saint Albert the Great recognized that God made a beautiful world. He not only noticed, but he studied the mystery and beauty of God’s world.