Monday, October 28, 2013

All Saints Day

November 1st is All Saints Day!  This day commemorates all the saints, known and unknown.  It is sometimes called the Feast of All Saints or All Hallow's Day (Halloween, or "Hallow's Eve," got its origins from this feast).  All Saints Day is a Holy Day of Obligation. We will celebrate Mass on Friday this week instead of Wednesday in honor of this day.  Come check out our display of books on the saints in the library!
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Neil Gaiman on Libraries

Neil Gaiman, author and illustrator, comments on libraries, librarians, and reading for pleasure:

"It's important for people to tell you what side they are on and why, and whether they might be biased. A declaration of members' interests, of a sort. So, I am going to be talking to you about reading. I'm going to tell you that libraries are important. I'm going to suggest that reading fiction, that reading for pleasure, is one of the most important things one can do. I'm going to make an impassioned plea for people to understand what libraries and librarians are, and to preserve both of these things.
And I am biased, obviously and enormously: I'm an author, often an author of fiction. I write for children and for adults. For about 30 years I have been earning my living though my words, mostly by making things up and writing them down. It is obviously in my interest for people to read, for them to read fiction, for libraries and librarians to exist and help foster a love of reading and places in which reading can occur."

Tuesday, October 8, 2013