St. Hubert of Liege was born in 656 in Maastricht, in what is now modern-day Holland. He was born into a royal family and in his younger years he was not very religious. He lived the life of a wealthy, devil-may-care young nobleman, and frequently did not attend church.

Hubert was a very avid hunter. On a Good Friday in his young adulthood, Hubert went off to hunt deer in the Ardennes Forest. Church law permitted no hunting on that day. As he had a stag in his sight, he received a vision of a crucifix between the stag's antlers. This event is depicted in a mural just above the entrance to our church. A voice warned him "Hubert, unless you turn to the Lord, and lead a holy life, you shall quickly go down to hell."
 
This conversion experience changed Hubert's life. Shortly after his wife died, Hubert renounced all his worldly positions, titles, and wealth and studied for the priesthood. He eventually was ordained, and rose to the position of Archbishop of Liege, Belgium. He had great preaching and evangelical skills. He was known for his generosity to the poor, and was responsible for converting hundreds of pagans in the Ardennes region (a forest region covering parts of modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Germany) to Christianity. St. Hubert died in 727 and was canonized about a hundred years later. He is one of about 100 saints whose bodies were uncorrupted when they were exhumed for purposes of the canonization Mass.