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Feast of Saint Damasus I, Pope
Date: December, 11 Pope Saint Damasus I, whom we honor today, was born at a time when the Church was… Read More
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Feast of Our Lady of Loreto
Date: December, 10 Today’s memorial celebrates one of the most revered relics within the Christian world—The Holy House of Loreto.… Read More
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Feast of Saint Juan Diego
Date: December, 9 During the four apparitions, the Blessed Virgin said the following to St. Juan Diego: “My son, I… Read More
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Date: December, 8 In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception: The Most Holy Virgin Mary… Read More
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Feast of Saint Ambrose
Date: December, 7 In 1298, Pope Boniface VIII named today’s saint as one of the four original Doctors of the… Read More
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Feast of Saint Sabas
Date: December, 5 St Sabas was born the son of John, a military commander, and Sophia, at Moutalaske near Caesarea… Read More
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Feast of Saint John Damascene
Date: December, 4 In the early seventh century, Damascus, Syria, was a thriving city within the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire.… Read More
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Feast of Saint Francis Xavier
Date: December, 3 Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta (Francis) was born into a noble family at the Castle of Xavier… Read More
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Feast of Saint Bibiana
Date: December, 2 The earliest information on St. Bibiana, a Roman female martyr, occurs in the biography of Pope Simplicius… Read More