Tomorrow we will be celebrating two great saints who had a great influence on the Church. St Germanus (died 31 July 449 AD) was called to Britain to refute (successfully) the Pelagian heresy which had gained great traction in this islands, and proclaimed that human nature was born without sin despite the Fall of Adam and Eve, and had the free choice to sin or otherwise, therefore with no need for God's grace. St Ignatius was born in Loyola in Guipuzcoa, and was converted following a badly healed leg wound at the siege of Pamplona in 1521. He dedicated himself with his original six followers to education of the young and uneducated, and to missionary enterprises. The term 'Jesuit' was originally an insult, but the Society of Jesus took it as a badge of honour. Their influence in education and foreign missionary work was far-reaching. St Ignatius died on 31 July 1556.