Saint Nicholas Day blessed at church or at home. The host wafts incense over the table, then lifts and breaks the bread. Bulgarians also observe 6 December as the name day for those with the names Nikola, Nikolay, Kolyo, Nikolina, Neno, Nenka, Nikoleta and Nina. In the Netherlands the primary occasion for gift-giving is 5 December, when his feast day is celebrated. In Belgium they celebrate Sinterklaas on the morning of the 6 December. In the days leading up to 5 or 6 December (starting when Saint Nicholas has arrived by steamboat around mid-November), young children put their shoes in front of the
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