St Gildas

When Gildas he was just a child he was taken to a monastery close to home so that he could learn with Saint Illtyd. When he grew up, he moved to Ireland to study and gave his life to God. Gildas was serious about living his faith and he did whatever he could to get closer to God. He prayed really hard for all the bad people and he talked to them about God; he wanted them to stop being bad and start to believe in God. Gildas later became a hermit, living on a tiny island all alone, so that he could spend more time in prayer and learning about God. Lots of people wanted to be like Gildas and soon lots of people came to his hermitage to learn from him. People in the Church - priests, bishops, men and women went to Gildas for advice. He welcomed everyone that came to him, to show people that God wants us to share our gifts with others. Gildas reminded everyone to always try to be good, to stop doing bad things and to do what is right.