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Feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Saint Angela of Foligno
Date: January, 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is one of the keystones of the American Catholic Church. She founded the… Read More
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Feast of Saint Sylvester I, Pope
Date: December, 31 Little is known about the early life of Pope Saint Sylvester I, but many legends have emerged… Read More
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Feast of Saint Anysia
Date: December, 30 Anysia was a young woman who lived in the year 304, during the reign of the cruel… Read More
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Feast of Saint Thomas Becket
Date: December, 29 Thomas Becket (also called Thomas of London) was born in Cheapside, London, to middle-class parents of Norman… Read More
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Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Date: December, 28 When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the… Read More
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Feast of Saint Stephen, The First Martyr
Date: December, 26 Saint Stephen was one of the first ordained deacons of the Church. He was also the first… Read More
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Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: Christmas Day
Date: December, 25 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.… Read More
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Feast of Saint Irmina and Adele
Date: December, 24 Saint Irmina or Irma was a Benedictine abbess and patroness of St. Willibrord. The daughter of Frankish… Read More
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Feast of Saint John of Kanty
Date: December, 23 Jan Kanty (John Cantius in English) was born in 1390 in the small town of Kęty, in… Read More
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Feast of Blessed Jacopone da Todi
Date: December, 22 Jacomo or James, was born a noble member of the Benedetti family in the northern Italian city… Read More