House Patron: Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez

House Mentor: Mrs.Caroline McDonald, assisted by Mrs. Sarah Bailey.
Virtue: GENEROSITY
Color: Royal Blue
Latin Motto: Venio, Domine, “I’m one my way, Lord.” - quote from Rodriguez, whenever the doorbell rang or when asked to do something... He felt it was a call from Christ.
Feast Day: Oct 31
Birthday: July 25

Brief Bio:

Story of tragedies: when he was fourteen, his father died and he left school to help his mother run the family business. At twenty-three he married, but his wife died in childbirth three years later. Within a few years his mother and son also died. On top of this, his business was failing, so he sold it. Recognizing a late vocation to religious life, he applied for admission to the Jesuits, but was refused because he was not educated. Undaunted, Alphonsus returned to Latin school, humbly bearing the ridicule of his adolescent classmates. Finally, in 1571, the Jesuit provincial accepted him as a lay brother. He served as a humble doorkeeper for forty-five years, welcoming all to the monastery … was the spiritual advisor and friend to many and had gift of prophecy; told St. Peter Claver that God wanted him to minister to slaves; when doorbell rang he always said, “I’m on my way, Lord.”