feasts
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Feast of Saint Robert of Newminster
Date: June, 7 Robert of Newminster (c. 1100–1159) was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in what is now the… Read More
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Feast of Saint Norbet, Bishop
Date: June, 6 St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of… Read More
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Feast of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
Date: June, 5 Winfrith had expected to return to England from Friesland (in what is now Holland) in triumph. He… Read More
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Feast of Saint Francis Caracciolo
Date: June, 4 Francis (Francesco) Caracciolo was born in Villa Santa Maria in the Abruzzo region, in the Kingdom of Naples. He belonged to the… Read More
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Feast of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Date: June, 3 For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew… Read More
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Feast of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
Date: June, 2 Saints Marcellinus and Peter (sometimes called Petrus Exorcista – Peter the Exorcist) are venerated within the Christian… Read More
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Feast of Saint Joan of Arc
Date: May, 30 St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan… Read More
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Feast of Saint Richard Thirkeld, Martyr
Date: May, 29 Richard Thirkeld was ordained a priest in France in 1579, and returned to homeland of York, England, soon… Read More
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Feast of Blessed Margaret Pole
Date: May, 28 Martyr of England. She was born Margaret Plantagenet, the niece of Edward IV and Richard III. She… Read More
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Feast of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
Date: May, 27 At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life.… Read More