St. Timothy

Timothy was a first century apostle from Lystra, in what is now Turkey (Acts 16). His mother was Jewish, his fatrher Greek. His multicultural background enabled him to bridge the differences between groups in the early church. While still a teenager he converted to the Christian faith with his mother and grandmother. After meeting the apostle Paul, Timothy accompanied him on many missionary journeys around the Mediterranean. 

He is known as a teacher, a preacher, an encourager, and a planter of new church communitites. We have chosen Timothy as our patron saint as a symbol of what we too can do together as the body of Christ. Timothy is mentioned in the New Testament letters of Acts and Romans, and is specifically addressed by Paul in the letters of 1 and 2 Timothy. Our prayer is that, like Timothy, "everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work" (2 Tim 3.17).