St. Martin de Porres

She volunteers at St. Martin de Porres, a Catholic elementary school in Oakland, Calif., where she helps the children mostly black and Hispanic with their kindergarten violin class, piano lessons and a gospel choir, brings in performers and takes older students to opera rehearsals.

Singing Into Retirement David Littlejohn 2012

St. Martin de Porres is another patron saint of animals.

The Cat Came Back Esther 2009

She shared with me a St. Martin de Porres connection one morning when she walked home from Mass.

The Cat Came Back Esther 2009

She shared with me a St. Martin de Porres connection one morning when she walked home from Mass.

Archive 2009-04-12 Esther 2009

St. Martin de Porres is another patron saint of animals.

Archive 2009-04-12 Esther 2009

St. Martin de Porres, written by Jennifer comments:

St. Martin's Mice Jennifer Gregory Miller 2008

The flowers are an offering to the saints -- Our Lady, Star of the Sea, St. Martin de Porres, St. John the Baptist, and St. Peter.

Georgianne Nienaber: Struggling U.S. Shrimpers Look for Vision from Next President 2008

It was the Vigil Mass of Election Day, but Monday was also the memorial of St. Martin de Porres, the first saint from the Americas of African descent.

The World Breathes a Sigh of Relief as America's Light Goes Back On 2008

St. Martin de Porres, patron saint of barbers, pray for us.

Archive 2006-02-01 Dymphna 2006

Now, I confess that at that time I was not a good Catholic-- far from it but when I saw her bumping and grinding in a Catholic church and then humping a statue of St. Martin de Porres that was a watershed moment.

Pitiful need for attention Dymphna 2006