The Feast of Saint Nicholas medium for satire. The Feast of Saint Nicholas The Feast of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Het Sint-Nicolaasfeest, c. 1665–1668), is a painting by Dutch master Jan Steen, which can now be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It measures 82 x 70.5 cm. The picture, painted in the chaotic Jan Steen "style," depicts a family at home on December 5, the night celebrated in the Netherlands as the Feast of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas. The focal point of the painting is the youngest daughter of the family, a golden-child, painted, in fact, in a golden smock and showing golden locks. She
The Patron Saint of Butterflies self-proclaimed) interpreter of St. Therese's description of her path to holiness. Many adults who were children at the commune wrote blogs confirming abuse (physical and sexual) by Schwartz at Mount Hope. A private Facebook page was created for survivors to contact one another. Some remaining adults defend Herbert T. Schwartz as a great and holy leader while the grown children are confused and depraved. Then there are some who were there or who knew Schwartz who are non-committal about the whole event. The author of "The Patron Saint of Butterflies," Cecilia Galante, reported that it was a place where she