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Calen Kildare is the 5 th of 7 sons of the Chief of
Cill Dara (Kildare)within the Kingdom of Leinster.
Knowing that it would be unlikely that he would become
heir, Calen centered his energies on learning
and often went with his mother to church. Cill Dara
means ‘church of the oak’ in Irish Gaelic and was
founded by St. Brigid in the 5 th century. Cill Dara
is one of three foundation cities of Christianity
in Ireland. Calen devoted himself to the study of
Scripture and quickly learned Latin. Calen spent most of
his life in the Cathedral Church of St. Brigid and the
nearby Abbey. He was ordained a priest of the Roman
Catholic Church by the Monastic Bishop of Kildare,
Cormac Ua Cathassaig, in 1124. Calen traveled the
countryside of Leinster helping parish churches in the
role of interim priest while the Church selected the next
priest. Calen became favored by the Bishop of Dublin,
who in turn introduced Calen to his mentor the
Archbishop
of Canterbury.
Calen studied in England for a couple of years where he happened to meet Father
Peter of Ghent, who was making his way to the New World. Through their short meeting a friendship
was formed, and they wrote correspondences to each other. Calen learned of Nessex and
Jorvikshire through the letters of Father Peter and when the opportunity arose Calen volunteered to
go to the New World and help spread the faith on the Frontier. Calen left Liverpool and arrived in
Kingston, from which he then made his way to Jorvikburg. Calen was ordered to help Father Peter
by Bishop Osmond Haroldson, as well as to go into the wilderness to help strengthen the faith of
many isolated communities. Calen finds the sadistic nature of the Bishop a contradiction to his role
as the leader of Jorvikburg’s faithful but tries to not let it bother him.
