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Ash Wednesday
Date: February, 18 Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash… Read More
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Feast of Saint Simon
Date: February, 18 In St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord’s brethren or… Read More
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Feast of Saint Valentine
Date: February, 14 The Roman Martyrology lists not one, but two Valentines, for February 14th. The first reads thus: “On… Read More
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Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Date: February, 11 February 11th marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade… Read More
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Feast of Saint Paul Miki and Companions
Date: February, 6 Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped,… Read More
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Feast of Saint Agatha
Date: February, 5 St. Agatha, also known as Agatha of Sicily, is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs… Read More
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The Presentation of the Lord
Date: February, 2 This feast day celebrates both the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the Purification of Mary,… Read More
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Feast of Saint John Bosco
Date: January, 31 John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on… Read More
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Feast of Saint Martina of Rome
Date: January, 30 Saint Martina, a Roman virgin, was the child of a noble Christian consul, of whom it was… Read More
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Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Date: January, 28 Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He… Read More