Ever heard of St. Brendan ?
                   
closedcafeteria.blogspot.com     May 16, 2008          

St. Brendan the Navigator, said to have sailed to the "New World" in the 6th century. Here a little something on him from the site of St. Brendan's parish in Los Angeles:St. Brendan (Brénainn in Gaelic) was a tireless Irish missionary abbot who is famous for the many monasteries he founded and... [read full story]                

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